The connection and difference between the art deco movement and the modernist movement

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The Art Deco movement and the Modernist movement are both design reform movements that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, due to the similarity of the time of the emergence of the two movements, and the two movements pursued the design concept from the essence of an emphasis on decorative, a total opposition to decorative, in the past tasted to be treated as two antagonistic movements to look at, but in fact, "Art Deco" and "Modernism" is not a complete contradiction, but in fact, "Art Deco" and "Modernism" are not completely contradictory. But in fact "Art Deco" and "Modernism" are not completely contradictory relationship, whether in the use of design materials, or the final presentation of the design style and service objects, there is no way to distinguish them completely.

Since the modernist design movement and the art deco movement occurred almost simultaneously, the art deco and the east were inevitably influenced by the modernist movement, and there is an intrinsic connection between the two, from the overall point of view, they are the roots of the industrial design of the two branches, each along the direction of their own focus. At the same time, the two design movement is the machinery to replace the handicraft of two different reaction surface, are the development of new art movement results and inevitable.

While the Art Deco movement and the modernist design movement both advocate the use of new materials, such as glass and steel frame, etc., advocate the mechanical did not, advocate the new decorative techniques, but the Art Deco movement emphasized the decorative, it is one of the contents of the modernist design movement is opposed to, so there is a difference between the two belongs to the different art styles. Specifically manifested in two aspects, first, in the search for mechanical production of art and technology is the problem, the art deco movement found a combination of decorative style and color, modernism in the functionality and rationalism to find a home. Secondly, the service objects of the two were different. The Art Deco movement adhered to the long-standing traditional position of design in Europe and America centered on France, i.e., to serve the upper class, so the Art Deco movement still belonged to the service of the minority and the powerful and the elite, and its object was the bourgeoisie, which was in the upward stage at that time. The modernist movement, on the other hand, emphasized the design to serve the masses, especially for the low-income proletariat, so the modernist movement has a certain intellectual idealism and utopian components.

The Art Deco movement, although at the beginning of the British and French countries to start is to maintain the service of the upper class design ideas, but when the Art Deco movement to the United States and produce Hollywood style, affecting the cinema, skyscrapers, public **** places and other buildings, it has been impossible to define it is not a service to the upper class, after all, these places of consumption for the masses and recreational facilities have been and the very beginning of the design ideas. The modernist design movement presented a completely different design style from the art deco movement by virtue of its beginning philosophy of mass design, democratization, batch design, standardization, emphasis on functionalism, rationalism, and a preference for geometric forms, neutral colors, and so on.

(By the way, has nothing to do with the title, the development of modernism to the late internationalism, "less is more" style gradually became a big business, the government's rights and strength of the representative, into a symbol of capitalism, money and power, to this time, has been and modernism has been put the cart before the horse, the original form into the design of the change. Turning the original form into the purpose of design, and the original design purpose-sociality and popularity-was gradually abandoned.)