'The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s' by Stephen Harrison, Emily M. Orr and Sarah D. Coffin is an exploration of arts, architecture and design following World War I.

This book explores the American fascination with things coming out of Europe. There is an emphasis on Paris, but there is a lot of influence from the Wiener Werkstatte. Items were brought to the United States, but department stores, like Macy's, and design shops were making items influenced by designs being brought over.

Throughout the book are lots of pictures of jewelry and fashion and buildings. The period is called the Jazz Age, and some designs are influenced by music, but most are influenced by an increasing ability to travel the globe. I love this period of design and I liked the examples and essays given.

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Thank you for the opportunity to read this book; unfortunately I missed its window of availability, and no longer have access. I'm sorry I missed it.

An absolute delight to the eyes. Would make a great coffee table book.

The Jazz Age is a great book, a wonderful way to walk into that era shaped Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The book leads readers to the time where people crave for modernity, machinery becomes the key words in very design, from jeweils to architecture. Geometrical designs are made for the age too, showing a passion chasing fascinating unknown.

The book covers various aspects, and language is not too academic, but rather fluent and eloquent. It also explains the development of modernity in geographical sense from west coast to the east, from America to Europe. Recommending to also watch Vogue's fashion by decades' 1920 section narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker. It's a wonderful supplement to this book as well.

The Jazz Age from Stephen Harrison and Sarah D. Coffin is both a catalogue for an exhibition and so much more. It is a beautiful book that is also quite informative.

Often in books like this the photographs are wonderful but the text leaves something to be desired. Understandably they usually stick to simply describing the items in an exhibition and leaves most background to the museum goer and reader. In this book, however, there is a great deal of background and contextualization about what came before the period but were the influences which drove the unique style. In this way each piece is placed in its historical line with influences both artistic and cultural (though admittedly those are hard to tease apart).

The photographs are a remarkable mix of both objects in their entirety as well as close ups of important details. I found myself reading a bit while glancing at the photos under discussion, then stopping to just look closer at the photographs and studying what I had just read. It was a fascinating experience and I hope to be able to make a trip to see the exhibit.

I would highly recommend this to not only fans of Art Deco design but also those interested in the history of art and design, particularly as it developed in the United States. There is much here to please both the student of art as well as the art lover who simply enjoys the beauty.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.

This book was published to accompany an exhibit but you do not need to attend the exhibit to enjoy this beautifully illustrated catalog. The photography is amazing and really showcases the objects to illustrate the Jazz Style. However I did not enjoy the essays as much. I found the essays to be very repetitive and disorganized. There is some good information in the essays but I felt that the authors did not read what the others wrote since much of the information was the repeated. I would have also preferred if Emily Orr's essays were not interspersed in the middle of the other essays. The variety of designers, styles and objects does make this a beautiful book to look at. Enjoy

The Jazz Age - American Style in the 1920s has all I would expect/hope for in a book on this subject: a complete treatment of museum objects and the people or events that influenced their design. Copious amounts of high quality photographed objects accompany the relevant paragraphs in the text. The authors give us a thorough and well-researched tour of the era through the objects in their museums: from bracelets to tiaras, cigarette cases to room treatments, objet d'art, fashion, rugs, furniture, and even images from leading magazines of the time. It's a window onto the America that, thorough the World War, suddenly had the world at its fingertips. And as the title suggests, it is much more than just art deco.

The book breaks down by influence rather than subject/type of object. Starting with an introduction about the influence of Paris and exotic locales/history, the book transitions into a discussion on how styles changed during the period. From there, the rise of the American woman, the machine age, influences of immigrants, music and historical references, the rise of the department store, emergence of America as a textile design hub, and more are discussed. The authors are quite thorough but never bland - and the discussions begin and end with the objects themselves. E.g., an ancient Egyptian influence makeup case belonging to the Dodge family or items belonging to the iconic Josephine Baker and why she would have chosen them personally provide perspective on a design element.

The images come in all sizes and are closely placed to where they are discussed. The order and presentation makes quite sense and the authors give us a wonderful glimpse into life during that period. Granted, all the objects are museum pieces or from high end fashion magazines like Vogue. They represent the pinnacle of design of the time - and therefore only the very wealthy could have afforded them. But every object (and there are many) is stunning in its own unique way. I learned quite a bit from this book despite having a good foundation knowledge of the period.

I highly recommend this book for those interested in design, history, or America of the 1920s. It's beautifully presented and very fascinating. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

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I love the Jazz era, I love the music, the art, the clothing, the jewellery, the furniture and the interiors - the whole style of the era is just so beautiful. This book has many beautiful examples of the period, beautiful photos and interesting information that accompany most of the examples. Much of the furniture would not look strange in houses today - these designs really were elegant and look like pieces of art.
This book would make a lovely addition as a coffee table book, as it is a period that always intrigues.

I absolutely love 1920s style - I love flapper dresses, art deco, bobbed hair, beaded hair caps, loooong strands of pearls....and this book has it all. Gorgeous images of all aspects of American culture throughout the 1920s - if you have any interest in the era, it's fashion, architecture, furniture, and just overall style and trends, then this book will be perfect for you.