History of Architecture and Design - Season 1 Episode 11 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Paris 1925
In television broadcast 11, Tim Benton provides a detailed look at the Paris International Exhibition of Decorative Arts of 1925. Benton offers a close reading of the buildings and designs exhibited to explain many of the paradoxical characteristics of French design during this period and to consider, using contemporary photographs, in what ways the architecture the exhibition's pavilions could be said to reflect avant-garde tendencies.
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