Art Deco of the 20s and 30s may have been referred to as "Art Moderne". Art Deco of the 20s and 30s Art Deco of the 20s and 30s is an art history book by English historian Bevis Hillier. It was initially published in 1968 by Studio Vista. The author discusses how the style of cubism, expressionism, Ancient Egyptian art, Mayan art, and so on influenced Art Deco, and how Art Deco itself changed the style of disciplines as various as modern architecture, jewelry, ceramics, tableware, metalwork, glass, textiles, and many others. According to historian Thomas Mellins, it was the publication of this book in 1968 that
American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen The American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (AUDAC) was an American society of designers and decorative artists that was active from 1928 until the early 1930s. The group aimed to bring modern principles of design, such as those promoted in Europe by the Wiener Werkstätte and the Bauhaus, to decorative arts in the United States. The modernist furniture designer Paul T. Frankl immigrated from Vienna to New York in 1914. He worked to establish Europe's flourishing principles of contemporary design in the United States by writing books such as "New Dimensions: The