Art deco – Egyptian inspirations (Design)

The Art Deco movement was influenced by Egyptian Art. It was a very popular movement and it only lasted 10 years. A great increase in popularity of Egyptian Art/Design happened in November 1922, when Howard Carter found the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutakham. Some wealthy things were found which includes funerary goods, furniture, mummy cases, chariots, gold jewellery and the astonishing gold mask of the pharaoh. Such characteristic from the Egyptian images and motifs are “lotus flowers, scarabs, hieroglyphics, pylons and pyramids, rapidly became popular.” These characteristics were used to cover everything such as fine “bookbindings to biscuit boxes, variety cases to cinema façades.” “This movement affected all forms of art from architecture, interior design, sculpture, furniture, industrial design and visual arts such as fashion, clothing, jewelry, paintings, graphic arts and film.” The Art Deco style looks geometric and it is also very “elegant and stylish”.


The Paramount Theatre

A good example of Art Deco inspired by Egyptian Art is that of The Paramount Theatre. This theatre is in America and was built in 1915. It has those figures which are surely inspired from Egyptian art as I can combine the two period styles together. These are an unrealistic figures like the ones used to be painted by the Egyptians and also their costumes are very similar to the Egyptians.
  Even that golden look makes it look like the Egyptian Art.

Bibliography:

V&A, Anon, 2003, Art Deco: Global Inspiration. [online] Available at: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/art-deco-global-inspiration/ [Accessed 17 May 2014].

No 5 Boutique Art Hotel, Anon, n.d., History of Art Deco. [online] Available at: http://no5boutiquearthotel.com/history-art-deco/ [Accessed 17 May 2014].

House Design Coffee, Joffre Essley, n.d., Art Deco and Archaeology. [online] Available at: http://www.house-design-coffee.com/art-deco-and-archaeology.html [Accessed 17 May 2014].

Paramount Theatre of the Arts, Anon, n.d., A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE. [Online] http://www.paramounttheatre.com/history.html [Accessed 17 May 2014]