Art Deco: everything you wanted to know

Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine. Its influence is everywhere today, with geometric motifs, sleek lines, and bold colours having a moment. from velvet tubchairs that you might sit on in restaurants to great Gatsby style gold leaf accents. Yet Art Deco is a movement that isn't easily defined. With us to dig in today's subject in more detail is Emma Bastin, a historian of the early 20th century.

On the centenary of the Paris Expo that launched Art Deco onto the international stage, Emma joined Eleanor Evans to explore its origins and its lasting impact. We are talking about Art Deco and today's expert is Dr. Emma Bastin, who is a historian of early 20th century history, particularly focusing on the interwar period. Emma, thank you so much for joining me. It's an absolute pleasure to be here.

Thank you for having me. It's brilliant to have you here to guide us through this era of art, era of history. It's quite um odd to be talking about an art topic on a podcast. So obviously it's very visual in in nature, but we'll be doing our best to talk through it all and take in all our brilliant listener questions.

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