Decorative metalwork designed in the Art Deco style by Maurice Ascalon and manufactured by the Pal-Bell Company during the 1940s.

The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. The field includes ceramics, furniture, furnishings, interior design, and architecture. The decorative arts are often categorized in opposition to the "fine arts", namely, painting, drawing, photography, and large-scale sculpture. Some distinguish between decorative and fine art based on functionality, intended purpose, importance, status as a unique creation, or single-artist production. Decorative arts, or furnishings, may be fixed (for example, wallpaper), or moveable (for example, lamps). Image File history File links Maurice_Ascalon_Art_Deco. ... Image File history File links Maurice_Ascalon_Art_Deco. ... Maurice Ascalon at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy circa 1934 Maurice Ascalon hammering The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler of the Soil for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair Maurice Ascalons The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler of the Soil copper relief sculpture. ... This article is about ceramic materials. ... For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ... This article is about the material. ... This article is about metallic materials. ... For other uses, see Textile (disambiguation). ... Ancient Egyptian ceramic art: Louvre Museum. ... For the UK band, see Furniture (band). ... It has been suggested that Interior decoration be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about building architecture. ... Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste (SOED 1991). ... For other uses , see Painting (disambiguation). ... For scale drawings or plans, see Plans (drawings). ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... Sculptor redirects here. ...

See also

• American craft
• Applied art
• Arts and crafts
• Craft
• History of decorative art
• Mosaic
• Ornament (architecture)
• Faux Painting

Dale Chihulys 30-foot blown-glass chandelier in the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2000. ... Example of a cup figuring a tortise. ... Small wooden sculpture depicting a Native American mother holding her child. ... For other uses, see Craft (disambiguation). ... This article is about a decorative art. ... In architecture, ornament is decorative detail on buildings. ... Faux Painting or Faux Finishing are terms used to describe a wide range of Decorative Painting techniques. ...

Selected bibliography

• Fiell, Charlotte and Peter, eds. Decorative Art Yearbook (one for each decade of the 20th century). Translated. Bonn: Taschen, 2000.
• Fleming, John and Hugh Honour. Dictionary of the Decorative Arts. New York: Harper and Row, 1977.
• Frank, Isabelle. The Theory of Decorative Art: An Anthology of European and American Writings, 1750–1940. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
• Campbell, Gordon. The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Thornton, Peter. Authentic Decor: Domestic Interior, 1620–1920. London: Seven Dials, 2000.

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External links

• Decorating with Art, Antiques and Collectibles
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Argentine Decorative Art Museum
• The Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture
• Parsons/Cooper-Hewitt Program in the History of Decorative Arts & Design
• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
• Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture - electronic resources
• Metropolitan Museum of Art American decorative arts collection
• National Gallery of Art decorative arts collection
• Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, Milan, Italy