International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts of the most modernist, was the tower of the Tourism Pavilion by Robert Mallet-Stevens. The tower's sleek lines and lack of ornament were an announcement of the international style that would replace Art Deco. In 1929 Mallet-Stevens led the creation of The French Union of Modern Artists which rebelled against the luxurious decorative styles shown at the Exposition, and, along with Le Corbusier, demanded architecture without ornament, built with inexpensive and mass-produced materials. Just inside the main entrance of the Exposition on the Place de la Concorde was the main promenade of the Exposition, with the pavilions of the major
Great Road Style Great Road Style The counties that make up southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee are linked historically, culturally, and geographically. Connected by a shared decorative arts tradition, the Great Road Style, so called because of the region’s historical importance as a stage route connecting the eastern seaboard with the western frontier, the material culture of this region is evidenced in distinctive forms of furniture, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork. Yet until now, a systematic documentation of its decorative artifacts has never been conducted. The first substantive effort to conduct primary research in a largely undocumented territory, Great Road Style: The Decorative Arts