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| RoGeorge:
Then you may like to play Bioshock (the game series). Random video from a Bioshock game: I like Art Deco, too, but only in games or movies, not in real life. I mean, if it were to choose between living in an Art Deco house vs living in a Gaudi house, I would choose the former. For some reason, Art Deco seems to me cold, artificial and dark (dark in a dystopian way). Still feels cold even when it's sunny. Gaudi style feels to me exactly the opposite: warm, organic and filled with the beauty and the joy of live. I have no idea why so, and no formal training in art or architecture. My best guess so far is the Art Deco is (to me) associated with some sort of dystopian/cold feeling mostly because of the movies I've seen it used in, otherwise I would have probably didn't notice that. OTOH, when I first saw Gaudi style, it was a total jaw drop and it felt like beauty and joy, a feeling impossible to miss. Gaudi style was instant love, no idea why. |
| TimFox:
Another interesting style from just before Art Deco is "Art Nouveau". In 2001, the city of Paris gave Chicago a replica of a classic Paris Metro entrance (link below). The suburban service in Chicago is called "Metra", hence the label over the gate. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVan_Buren_Street_station&psig=AOvVaw1CDormJKoRn8l2xozN8PyF&ust=1640277317400000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAgQjRxqFwoTCJDVnKjr9_QCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ |
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