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2002 -- Tree of Necklaces, Jean-Michel Othoniel
--- The 1970's ---
1970's -- Robert Indiana, LOVE, Red Blue
1979 -- Three Figures and Four Benches, George Segal
1975 -- Reclining Mother and Child, Henry Moore
1973 -- Four Lines Oblique, George Rickey
1971 -- Una Battaglia, Arnaldo Pomodoro
1979-80 -- Two Sitting Figures, Lynn Chadwick
--- The 1960's ---
1967 -- The Labors of Alexander, René Magritte
1965 -- River Form, Barbara Hepworth
--- The 1990's ---
1999 -- Claes Oldenburg, Safety Pin
1999 -- Restrained (Horse), Deborah Butterfield
1995 -- Spider, Louise Bourgeois
1991 -- Joel Shapiro, Untitled
--- The 1980's ---
1989 -- Rebus 3D-89-3, Ida Kohlmeyer
1987 -- Standing Man With Outstretched Arms, Stephen De Staebler
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Ossip Zadkine, La Poetesse
Week 8 -- Hyams Fountain, 1921
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--- SECOND SEMESTER ---
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Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog (New Orleans)

Art Deco was a popular design movement from 1910 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as
industrial design, as well as the
visual arts such as
 
painting, the
 
This movement was, in a sense, an amalgamation of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including
 
 
Its popularity apexed during the 1920s.
 
Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative.
 
At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, ultra modern.

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View of the Charity Hospital building on Tulane Avenue c.1935 (Courtesy Louisiana Digital Library.)

Corresponding to these influences, Art Deco is characterized by use of materials such as
 
stainless steel
inlaid wood,
sharkskin (shagreen), and
zebraskin.
 
The bold use of
 
stepped forms, and sweeping curves (unlike the sinuous, natural curves of the Art Nouveau),
chevron patterns, and the
sunburst motif
 
are typical of Art Deco. Some of these motifs were ubiquitous — for example, sunburst motifs were used in such varied contexts as ladies' shoes, radiator grilles, the auditorium of the Radio City Music Hall, and the spire of the Chrysler Building.

The Lowich Building (200 block of St. Charles Ave)
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Note also the art deco style office building next door. (Courtesy Louisiana Digital Library.)

Marquette Bldg. at Jackson Avenue at St. Charles.
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Six-story art-deco style office building (Courtesy Louisiana Digital Library.)

This is now the Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel.

Contemporary Philosophy – Postmodernism and Critical Theory by Catherine Chapin

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 The Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building in New York, built 1928–1930.

It was widely considered to be an eclectic form of elegant and stylish modernism, being influenced by a variety of sources. Among them were
 
the "primitive" arts of Africa, Egypt, or Aztec Mexico, as well as
Streamline technology such as modern
 
electric lighting,
the radio, and
 
These design influences were expressed in fractionated, crystalline, faceted forms of decorative
 
Cubism and
Fauvism's palette.
 
Other popular themes in art deco were trapezoidal, zigzagged, geometric and jumbled shapes, which can be seen in many early pieces.

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Walter Dorwin Teague's "Beau Brownie" camera for Eastman Kodak.

A parallel movement called Streamline Moderne, or simply Streamline, followed close behind. Streamline was influenced by the modern aerodynamic designs emerging from advancing technologies in aviation, ballistics, and other fields requiring high velocity. The attractive shapes resulting from scientifically applied aerodynamic principles were enthusiastically adopted within Art Deco, applying streamlining techniques to other useful objects in everyday life, such as the automobile. Although the Chrysler Airflow design of 1933 was commercially unsuccessful, it provided the lead for more conservatively designed pseudo-streamlined vehicles. These "streamlined" forms began to be used even for mundane and static objects such as pencil sharpeners and refrigerators.

Valetone Cleaners:
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Located next door to the Lowich Bldg. (Courtesy Louisiana Digital Library.)

Alvar Street Branch Library in the Bywater section
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Courtesy AIArchitect

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