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Art Deco Steps

Gallery-wall layout with geometric ornamentation, italic serif eras, and curated work tags.

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<div class="tl12-wrap">
  <div class="tl12-ornament" aria-hidden="true">
    <div class="tl12-rule"></div>
    <div class="tl12-diamond"></div>
    <div class="tl12-label">A Retrospective</div>
    <div class="tl12-diamond"></div>
    <div class="tl12-rule"></div>
  </div>

  <div class="tl12-entry">
    <div class="tl12-inner">
      <div class="tl12-left">
        <div class="tl12-era">Early</div>
        <div class="tl12-span">1890 — 1910</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tl12-right">
        <h3 class="tl12-title">The Impressionist Foundation</h3>
        <p class="tl12-body">Rooted in the tradition of plein-air painting, the early works capture fleeting light and emotional atmosphere rather than documentary precision. Critics were hostile; collectors were entranced.</p>
        <div class="tl12-works">
          <span class="tl12-work">Haystacks at Dusk</span>
          <span class="tl12-work">The Seine in November</span>
          <span class="tl12-work">Portrait of Madeleine</span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="tl12-entry">
    <div class="tl12-inner">
      <div class="tl12-left">
        <div class="tl12-era">Middle</div>
        <div class="tl12-span">1911 — 1935</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tl12-right">
        <h3 class="tl12-title">The Cubist Rupture</h3>
        <p class="tl12-body">Exposure to Picasso and Braque in Paris fractured the picture plane. The artist began dissecting familiar forms — faces, furniture, cityscapes — into interlocking geometric shards of simultaneous viewpoints.</p>
        <div class="tl12-works">
          <span class="tl12-work">Decomposition No. 7</span>
          <span class="tl12-work">Woman at the Table</span>
          <span class="tl12-work">Three Guitars</span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="tl12-entry tl12-last">
    <div class="tl12-inner">
      <div class="tl12-left">
        <div class="tl12-era">Late</div>
        <div class="tl12-span">1936 — 1962</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tl12-right">
        <h3 class="tl12-title">Abstraction &amp; Silence</h3>
        <p class="tl12-body">The war years stripped away decoration. Large canvases of near-monochromatic fields emerged — radical reductions that anticipated Abstract Expressionism. The late works are the quietest and the most demanding.</p>
        <div class="tl12-works">
          <span class="tl12-work">Blue Field Study I</span>
          <span class="tl12-work">Nocturne for V.</span>
          <span class="tl12-work">The Last Interior</span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
.tl12-wrap {
  --tl12-bg:  #fff8f0;
  --tl12-a:   #2d3a8c;
  --tl12-ink: #0d0d20;
  background: var(--tl12-bg);
  padding: 2.5rem 1.5rem;
  max-width: 880px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  font-family: 'Inter', system-ui, sans-serif;
}
.tl12-ornament {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 3rem;
}
.tl12-rule {
  flex: 1;
  height: 1px;
  background: rgba(45,58,140,0.22);
}
.tl12-diamond {
  width: 8px;
  height: 8px;
  background: var(--tl12-a);
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
.tl12-label {
  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  color: rgba(45,58,140,0.5);
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.tl12-entry {
  margin-bottom: 3rem;
}
.tl12-last { margin-bottom: 0; }
.tl12-inner {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr;
  border-left: 2px solid rgba(45,58,140,0.18);
}
.tl12-left {
  padding: 0 1.75rem 0 0;
  text-align: right;
  position: relative;
}
.tl12-left::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  right: -7px;
  top: 1rem;
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--tl12-bg);
  border: 2px solid var(--tl12-a);
}
.tl12-era {
  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-size: 1.6rem;
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--tl12-a);
  line-height: 1;
}
.tl12-span {
  font-family: ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10.5px;
  color: rgba(13,13,32,0.35);
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  margin-top: 0.25rem;
}
.tl12-right {
  padding: 0 0 0 1.75rem;
}
.tl12-title {
  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  color: var(--tl12-ink);
  margin: 0 0 0.5rem;
  line-height: 1.2;
}
.tl12-body {
  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: rgba(13,13,32,0.6);
  line-height: 1.75;
  margin: 0 0 0.9rem;
}
.tl12-works {
  display: flex;
  gap: 0.5rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.tl12-work {
  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 12.5px;
  padding: 0.3rem 0.7rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(45,58,140,0.22);
  border-radius: 2px;
  color: var(--tl12-a);
  background: rgba(45,58,140,0.04);
  transition: background 0.2s, color 0.2s;
  cursor: default;
}
.tl12-work:hover {
  background: var(--tl12-a);
  color: var(--tl12-bg);
}
@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .tl12-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; border-left: 0; }
  .tl12-left {
    padding: 0 0 1rem;
    text-align: left;
    border-left: 2px solid rgba(45,58,140,0.18);
    padding-left: 1rem;
  }
  .tl12-left::after { left: -7px; right: auto; }
  .tl12-right { padding-left: 1rem; border-left: 2px solid rgba(45,58,140,0.18); }
}

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