Nostalgic And Modern "- Decorative Mean The Shanghai Art Deco Architecture,

In the 30s of 20th Century, Art Deco as one of the main style of western architecture and becoming an important part of the visual landscape in Modern Shanghai, which became the epitome of buildings in "modern era" in 1930s. To architectural design style, Art Deco is an indispensable to history of building in Modern Shanghai city , today, we can still see the Art Deco style of architecture which are followed and reappear in Shanghai , to prove this style has been not only a past style and becoming the symbol of luxury culture in past time. It s reappearance is not only established in yearning for nostalgic culture, so It s becoming a more symbol of a city architectural civilization , a symbol of developing modern city and Modern, so, based on such a realistic environment, today the development and form in this architecture and decoration style is a hot research topic to many scholar as a cultural Phenomenon. This article will be based in urban construction and social culture background in Shanghai, More from the historical and cultural background to excavate this style of inherent law and cultural meaning , and try to throughout the "nostalgia" and "modern" definition of this double context, to give Shanghai Art Deco architecture style a new understanding and definition.