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| Identified with the 1920's and 1930's, the Art Deco period features sleek, geometric design, especially geared toward mass production.Typical were: stylized ornamentation; use of new materials like plastic,tubular steel, tinted glass; uphoholstery fabric in fur and leather; lacquered or painted furniture; sophisticated colors like purple, mauve, peach (See how many of these characteristics you can see in this painting).Like Georges Braque and Juan Gris who painted during this period,the surfaces of the tables are tilted towards the viewer and the floor and surroundings become one flat piece of decoration.The brightly- colored yellow and peach stripes and the the fine-detailed "Picasso" painting of "HIS and HERS" brings the back wall forward. |