Appeared in the the sixties, expression Art deco indicates(appoints) this current of French origin which will take off in the course of Reconstruction and to in the thirties, before being hunted(chased away) by triumphant modern movement. Real artistic break, the "decorative" qualifier sends back(dismisses) to decorations(sets), to ornaments and to characteristic lines adopted(accepted) by the creators in the Reconstruction of cities.
More than a full style, this movement scoops(draws) out its inspiration in return from classic tradition accompanied with a mixture of diverse influence such as antiquity, Cubism, arts of Africa and of East. This exhibition(exposure) reveals on each of the territories of Hauts-de-France (Amiens Métropole, Arras, Curved, Béthune-Bruay, Douaisis, Lens-Liévin, Roubaix, Saint-Omer, Saint-Quentin) aesthetics Art deco in sadiversité, its complexity and its influence.