The term Art Deco refers to a style that spanned the boom of the roaring 1920s and the bust of the 1930s but as an influential visual arts design style it first appeared in France during World War I. It is an eclectic style that is often characterized by rich colors, bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentation. Designers sought to infuse jaded traditions with new life and to create a modern style based on a revitalised decorative language
The spawning ground for this new visual culture was the French fashion industry. Collected together here on one amazing data DVD are an extensive collection of French fashion periodicals and brochures dating from this period which did much to reestablish French primacy in the world of grande luxe and haute couture fashion (note; all text is in French language). These publications are characterised by their stunning illustrations using the pochoir stenciling process and feature works by many of the leading illustrators of the day such as Georges Barbier, Paul Iribe, Pierre Brissaud, André Edouard Marty, Georges Lepape, Robert Bonfils, Charles Martin, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Armand Vallee, Valentine J Hugo and others. Rather than simply drawing a mannequin in the outfit, like most previous fashion illustrators, these artists depicted the model in various dramatic and narrative situations.
The magazines, in PDF format, are high resolution scans of the original pages so you will be reading them exactly as intended!
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GAZETTE DU BON TON Perhaps the most notable of these publications, Gazette du Bon Ton was launched by Lucien Vogel in 1912 as an elitist magazine, available only to subscribers and covered the latest developme
nts in fashion, lifestyle, and beauty. Published here in volumes or“tomes”, each tome represents approximately 6 months of issues, and runs for anywhere between 260 to 380 pages in length. Practically all pages feature illustrations of some kind with each volume containing between 50 and 75 full page colour plates and including many fantastic illustrated period advertisements also. Includes the following:
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1912-13 Tome I
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1913 Tome II
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1914 Tome I
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1914 Tome II
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1920 Tome I
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1920 Tome II
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1921 Tome I
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1921 Tome II
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1922 Tome I
Gazette du Bon Ton - 1922 Tome IISome example images: PAUL POIRET Paul Poiret was a leading French fashion designer during the first two decades of the 20th century. Two notable portfolios of his designs:
Les Robes de Paul Poiret and
Les Choses de Paul Poiret have become seminal moments in the development of Art Deco graphics. Both are included here
Les Robes de Paul Poiret, 1908 - 10 illustrations by Paul IribeLes C
hoses de Paul Poiret, 1911 – 10 illustrations by Georges LepapeSome example images: MODES ET MANIERES D'AUJOURD' HUI Appearing in the same year as Gazette du Bon Ton, these exquisitely printed, limited edition album productions featured the pochoir designs of Georges Lepape, Charles Martin and George Barbier. Albums from the years 1912-1914 are combined into one PDF volume. Includes the following:
1912 – Georges Lepape, 12 colour plates1913 - Charles Martin, 12 colour plates1914 - Georges Barbier, 12 colour platesSome example images: These JPEG page images range in size from approximately 2000 x2200 pixels to 4600 x 6200 pixels and all have a resolution of 300 dpi – perfect for design / crafting work or making prints. Included are:Gazette du Bon Ton – 771 imagesLa Guirlande; Album Mensuel d'Art et de Littérature – 56 imagesLes Choses de Paul Poiret – 13 imagesLes Robes de Paul Poiret – 11 imagesModes et Manières d' Aujourd'Hui – 39 imagesRobes et Femmes – 14 images904 IMAGES IN TOTAL!Screen shot of a Gazette du Bon Ton image folder:
ABOUT THE DVDYou will receive 1 x standard data DVD-Rom disc containing all of the material stated above (17 PDF e-books plus 904 hi res JPEG images). The books are in PDF format which means that you will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to read them. If you don’t have this, you can download it free of charge from the Adobe website. THIS DISC IS A DATA DVD FOR COMPUTER USEPlease make sure your computer has a drive capable of reading this type of disc (DVD-Rom or DVD-RW drive). It WILL NOT WORK, in a CD-Rom drive, Audio CD player or the DVD player connected to your TV.*MAC USERS*
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