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ART DECO [3 records]

Record 1 2015-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

On June 15 [2015, the Minister of Public Works and Government Services] officially unveiled the newly rehabilitated Sir John A. Macdonald Building, located just across from Parliament Hill. This heritage art deco/beaux arts building built in the 1930s and modern annex will be used by the House of Commons for large parliamentary meetings and functions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

Le 15 juin [2015, la ministre de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux] a officiellement dévoilé l'édifice Sir John A. Macdonald fraîchement restauré. Situé juste en face de la Colline du Parlement, cet édifice patrimonial de style Art déco/beaux-arts a été construit dans les années 1930, et son annexe moderne sera utilisée par la Chambre des communes pour les grandes réunions et fonctions parlementaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Decorative Arts
  • Applied Arts
DEF

A popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s characterized especially by bold outlines, geometric, [bright colors] and zigzag forms, and the use of new materials (such as plastic).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts décoratifs divers
  • Arts appliqués
DEF

Style de décoration et d'architecture popularisé entre 1925 et 1940, [...] se caractérise par un design géométrique, des couleurs vives et l'utilisation de plastique et de verre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diversas artes decorativas
  • Artes aplicadas
DEF

Estilo artístico surgido en Europa en la década de 1920 en el ámbito de las artes menores y del diseño industrial, muy influido por el modernismo y caracterizado por formas estilizadas y dinámicas y por el acoplamiento de colores muy vivos.

OBS

art déco: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda que las denominaciones art déco y art nouveau, en referencia a sendos movimientos artísticos del siglo XX, se escriben en dos palabras, sin guion intermedio, en cursiva y en minúscula.

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Record 3 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glazing Materials (Constr.)
  • Ornamental Glassware
DEF

trademark - used for a thick homogeneous opaque structural glass used especially for ornamental finish on surfaces exposed to the weather.

CONT

Introduction to Vitrolite Structural Glass. The use of Vitrolite and other pigmented structural glass reached its heyday in the 1920's and 1930's. This handsome and versatile building material, so much a part of the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles, was used primarily for interior and exterior wall surfacing.

OBS

structural glass: Glass panels used as a wall finish; types include Carrara glass, Vitrolite; common 1900-40; typically applied with asphalt mastic, sometimes with natural finish aluminum trim.

OBS

The Preservation of Historic Pigmented Structural Glass (Vitrolite and Carrara Glass).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux verriers (Construction)
  • Verrerie d'art
OBS

Les industries CANTEX Inc., entrepreneur général, sont surtout spécialisées dans la construction de verre architectural, murs-rideaux, façades de magasin et toutes autres spécifications concernant la vitrerie.

Key term(s)
  • Vitrolite

Spanish

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