Anciet Egypt Influencing Art Deco

Art Deco was a 'Modernization' it was a mash up of different periods from the past, we can see direct influences from Far and Middle Eastern design, Greek and Roman themes Egyptian.

In 1925 a Exhibition in Paris France was held focusing on Art Deco movement, After the discovery of Tutankhamun's tome in November of 1922 ignited a fascination later known as Eqyptomania , quickly spread around the world, as from then the artists were all inspired from this new material and designed Architecture, jewelry and furniture all with icons or patterns from ancient Egypt.

Example furniture designer Pierre Legrain was inspired to make a chair alike the thrones found in Egypt 


Pierre Legrain 
Rosewood H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), W. 29 in. (73.7 cm), D. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

Jewellery designers used icons and similar colours used in Egypt but mostly influenced were the cinemas with there pyramid like shapes, elaborate colours, and Ziggurat which was found on the designs of all façades of buildings  Staggered tier/zigzig/pyramid shape) as a classic Art Deco motif.





From this art Deco design of a Façade of a sky scraper building we can see the direct influence from ancient Egyptian the over all shape reminds me of the Egypt vulture 'Nekhbet' and the repetitive ridged lines that we would see in both Egyptian jewellery and buildings  


Djoser Pyramid -Sakkara, Egypt      Art Deco Courthouse-Bolder County, CO

We can see direct influences from the Pyramid on the left to the courthouse on the right
we see the same form in shape and line and the stacking element.




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