Idées 184 Art Decor Movement Excelente . With hundreds of illustrations, norbert wolf's book brings the … Art deco, movement in decorative arts and architecture in europe and the united states during the 1920s and '30s. That year, in fact, the exposition des arts décoratifs (exhibition of decorative arts) was held in paris, and artists, architects, and designers showed works in this style, thereby. This movement is different from the fine arts (painting and sculpture) where the art object has no practical purpose or use beyond providing interesting viewing. Ornament that is geometric or stylized from representational forms;