什么是装饰艺术风格，为何它再次流行起来？
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Art Deco is an international artistic style that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
装饰艺术是一种在20世纪20年代和30年代流行的国际艺术风格。
Now, interest in the style and its qualities is growing.
如今，人们对这种风格及其特质的兴趣日益增长。
A new generation is enjoying the style’s roots and turning it into something new.
新一代人正享受着这种风格的根源，并将其转化为新事物。
A public showing, or exhibition, at the Museum of the City of New York provides a look at the style that helped define the city 100 years ago.
纽约市博物馆的一场公开展览，让人们得以一窥100年前塑造这座城市风貌的风格。
Famous Art Deco buildings include the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall.
著名的装饰艺术风格建筑包括克莱斯勒大厦、帝国大厦、洛克菲勒中心和无线电城音乐厅。
The public showing, called “Art Deco City: New York Postcards from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection,” also has clothing and film clips from the time.
这场公开展览名为“装饰艺术之城：伦纳德·A·劳德收藏的纽约明信片”，还展出了当时的服装和电影片段。
In London, the Victoria and Albert Museum has a collection of day and evening clothing, jewelry and more.
在伦敦，维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆收藏了日间和晚间的服装、珠宝等。
The collection comes from Les Ballets Russes, a dance company that had a major effect on fashion.
该系列源自俄罗斯芭蕾舞团，一个对时尚产生重大影响的舞蹈团体。
And in Paris, organizers of the 2024 Olympics created Art Deco posters last year to celebrate the games and mark the one hundred years since the 1924 Olympics, which Paris also hosted.
而在巴黎，2024年奥运会的组织者去年创作了装饰艺术风格的海报，以庆祝奥运会，并纪念1924年巴黎奥运会举办一百周年。
A style of the 1920s and 30s
20世纪20年代和30年代的一种风格
Experts have different opinions about Art Deco.
专家们对装饰艺术风格有不同的看法。
Design writer Arricca Elin Sansone, for example, said last year in Elle Décor magazine: “Ask three historians to define the term Art Deco, and you’ll likely get three varying answers.”
例如，设计作家阿里卡·埃林·桑索内去年在《Elle Décor》杂志上表示：“如果让三位历史学家来定义装饰艺术这个词，你很可能会得到三种不同的答案。”
Appearing after World War I, the first Art Deco era had a spirit of creativity and freedom.
第一次装饰艺术时代出现在第一次世界大战之后，洋溢着创造与自由的精神。
With the aim of appearing modern, the style became one of the most important forms of design in the 1920s and early 1930s.
为了显得现代，这种风格在20世纪20年代和30年代初成为最重要的设计形式之一。
The Art Deco style is believed to have first appeared at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, in Paris.
装饰艺术风格被认为最早出现在1925年巴黎举办的国际现代装饰与工业艺术博览会上。
The early 1930s saw the development of the style in Miami where South Beach’s Art Deco District is popular with visitors and a center for design.
20世纪30年代初，这一风格在迈阿密得到发展，那里的南海滩装饰艺术区深受游客喜爱，也是设计中心。
In some large cities, low-rise buildings of two or three floors turned into landscapes of high-rise skyscrapers.
在一些大城市，两三层高的低矮建筑变成了高楼大厦的景观。
Public and private spaces showed themes involving geometrical designs and luxurious materials.
公共和私人空间展现了涉及几何设计和奢华材料的主题。
In transportation, faster cars and better trains suggested a new age while jazz music urged people to celebrate.
在交通领域，更快的汽车和更优良的火车预示着一个新时代的到来，而爵士乐则鼓励人们尽情欢庆。
“A fashionable renaissance”
时尚复兴
The same energy can be found in today’s fashion shows and red-carpet events for stars.
同样的活力也能在如今的时装秀和明星红毯活动中找到。
Some of today’s colorful clothing suggests the Jazz Age, another name for the period when Art Deco was popular.
如今一些色彩鲜艳的服装让人联想到爵士时代，那是装饰艺术风格盛行的时期的另一个名称。
Stars like Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Beyoncé and Demi Lovato have used elements of the Deco era in new ways.
像赞达亚、吉吉·哈迪德、碧昂丝和黛米·洛瓦托这样的明星，都以新的方式运用了装饰艺术时代的元素。
“The aesthetic of the 1920s is enjoying a fashionable renaissance,” said Kirsty Thatcher of the Australian fashion magazine Russh.
澳大利亚时尚杂志《Russh》的柯斯蒂·撒切尔说：“20世纪20年代的美学正在复兴。”
A “renaissance” represents a rebirth of something from the past.
“文艺复兴”代表着过去事物的重生。
New York-based interior designer Vanessa DeLeon told the Associated Press, “The boldness and elegance of Art Deco are what appeals to me.”
纽约室内设计师瓦妮莎·德莱昂告诉美联社：“Art Deco的大胆与优雅正是吸引我的地方。”
Jamie Watkins and Tom Kennedy of the London design company Divine Savages include Art Deco elements in their collections of products for the home.
伦敦设计公司Divine Savages的杰米·沃特金斯和汤姆·肯尼迪在其家居产品系列中融入了装饰艺术元素。
Watkins suggested: “It’s no wonder we’re drawn to it again.”
沃特金斯提出：“难怪我们又被它吸引了。”
Lynda Klich is the co-organizer or curator of the exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
琳达·克利奇是纽约城市博物馆此次展览的联合组织者或策展人。
Klich noted that postcards were the social media of their day.
克利奇指出，明信片就是他们那个时代的社交媒体。
Travelers at the time busily wrote messages to friends and family.
当时的旅行者忙着给亲友写信。
New York’s famous Art Deco buildings appear in over 250 postcards.
纽约著名的装饰艺术风格建筑出现在250多张明信片上。
There is also a selection of clothing from the 1920s, shoes and other objects.
这里还有20世纪20年代的精选服装、鞋子和其他物品。
“Art Deco was the look that sold the city to the world,” said co-curator Lilly Tuttle.
联合策展人莉莉·塔特尔说：“装饰艺术风格是向世界推销这座城市的形象。”
The exhibition in New York City runs through February 17.
纽约市的这次展览将持续到2月17日。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Kim Cook reported on this story for the Associated Press.
金·库克为美联社报道了此事。
John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
约翰·拉塞尔为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
