art deco
or Art Deco
noun
a style of decorative art developed originally in the 1920s with a revival in the 1960s, marked chiefly by geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, sharply defined outlines, often bold colors, and the use of synthetic materials, as plastics.
Also called
deco,
Deco.
Origin of art deco
1965–70; < French
Art Déco, shortened from
Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, an exposition of modern decorative and industrial arts held in Paris, France, in 1925
Words nearby art deco
arsphenamine,
arsy,
arsy-varsy,
arsy-versy,
art,
art deco,
art director,
art film,
art for art's sake,
art form,
art glass
Example sentences from the Web for art deco
It is art-deco beachy in parts, and inner-city seedy in other areas, ultimately giving it a poor man's Miami feel.
British Dictionary definitions for art deco
Art Deco
/ (ˈdɛkəʊ) /
noun
- a style of interior decoration, jewellery, architecture, etc, at its height in the 1930s and characterized by geometrical shapes, stylized natural forms, and symmetrical utilitarian designs adapted to mass production
- (as modifier)an Art-Deco carpet
Word Origin for Art Deco
C20: shortened from
art décoratif, after the
Exposition des arts décoratifs held in Paris in 1925