Art deco in Australia : sunrise over the Pacific / editors, Mark Ferson and Mary Nilsson for the Art Deco Society of New South Wales.

Title & Author:

Art deco in Australia : sunrise over the Pacific / editors, Mark Ferson and Mary Nilsson for the Art Deco Society of New South Wales.

Publication:

[St Leonards, N.S.W.] : Craftsman House, 2001.

Description:

204 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The taste & style of Art Deco in Australia / David Dolan -- The demon of modernity : Art Deco furniture in Australia / Michael Bogle -- The new classicm : Rayner Hoff & his school / Deborah Edwards -- Australian Art Deco bookplates and book design / Mark Ferson -- Art Deco in Western Australia / Vyonne Geneve -- For the hostess at home & about / Marjorie Graham -- 'Let us be modern!' : Art Deco in Victoria / Robin Grow -- Optimism & transformation : Sydney's architecture between the wars / Jennifer Hill.
'We cannot cage the minute' : Art Deco art / Heather Johnson -- The other face of sleep Adelaide / Neville Leybourne-Ward -- The interior decorator in Sydney / Peter McNeil -- An aspect of pottery in Melbourne in the 1930s / John McPhee -- Art Deco fashion in Australia / Louise Mitchell -- Living in the 1920 & 1930s houses today / Mary Nilsson -- Everyman's castel : housing in New South Wales 1918-42 / Scott Robertson -- Art Deco jewellery in Australia / Anne Schofield -- Roaring Art Deco in New South Wales / Andrew Shapiro -- Putting on a brave front : Queensland between the wars / Ian Sinnamon -- Sydney Art Deco : the architecture of Dellit & Sodersten / Maisy Stapleton -- Palaces of pleasure : cinema design / Ross Thorne.

Summary:

The Art Deco movement in Australia was new, exciting and universally popular, imbuing every walk of life with a modicum of elegance and style. This book is the first comprehensive guide to the many facets of Art Deco in Australia.

ISBN:

1877004065
9781877004063

Subject:

Art, Modern 20th century.
Art Australia.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Art deco Australia.
Art deco (Architecture) Australia.
Architecture, Modern Australia 20th century.
Art 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Art déco Australie.
Art déco (Architecture) Australie.
Architecture, Modern.
Art.
Art deco.
Art deco (Architecture)
Art, Modern.
Australia.

Added entries:

Nilsson, Mary, 1928-
Ferson, Mark.
Art Deco Society of New South Wales.

Sunrise over the Pacific

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221926
Call No.: N7400.2 .A7 2001
Status: Available

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