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"I know it when I see it”

Final in a 3-part series on the 1925 Paris exposition and the Art Deco style.  In this episode I explore the origins of the Art Deco style, especially its roots in avant-garde art.  Plus the role of the forgotten giant of fashion Paul Poiret in packaging the avant-garde for the mass market.

To explore future:

• High-level overview of avant-garde art 
• Article on Antonio Sant'Ella 1910 Futurist building designs
• Unesco site, Centennial Hall, 1913, Wroclaw
  Video of Grosse Schauspielhaus , 1919 Berlin
• Article on 1914 Deutsche Werkbund exhibition, Cologne
• Colour video reconstruction of the Glass Pavilion, 1914 Deutsche Werkbund expo
• Article on Paul Poiret
• Article on Corbusier's Pavillion de l"esprit Nouveau, 1925
• World Heritage site on Corbusier's Cité Frugès, 1924

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Photo credit:  Ambassador study-library, designed by Pierre Chareau, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris