Download or read book East Meets West Art Deco Motifs CD-ROM and Book written by Carol Belanger Grafton and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in Tokyo in 1939, these advertising designs and motifs exemplify a commercial impulse to marry a distinctly Japanese esthetic with the Western Art Deco style popular at the time. People, landscapes, animals, flowers, and food are rendered in full color in a variety of techniques, including lithography and machine-printed woodcut. Reproduced from a rare portfolio never reprinted.