
Architecture and Interior Design Through the 18th Century
An Integrated History
Pearson (Publisher)
Published on 1. November 1999
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-13-758590-8 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in History of Architecture, Interior Design, Furnishings, and Decorative Arts.
Exceptionally comprehensive, this single-source text/reference allows students to compare and contrast architecture, interior design, interior architectural features, design details, motifs, furniture, space planning, color, lighting, textiles, interior surface treatments, and decorative accessories through many centuries-from antiquity to the 18th century-from the many regions of the world. Additionally, it includes later interpretations of architecture, interiors, and furniture to illustrate the evolution of each stylistic influence, and examples of costumes. The volume is extensively illustrated and features many diagrammed illustrations with explanatory notes highlighting specific design features.
Exceptionally comprehensive, this single-source text/reference allows students to compare and contrast architecture, interior design, interior architectural features, design details, motifs, furniture, space planning, color, lighting, textiles, interior surface treatments, and decorative accessories through many centuries-from antiquity to the 18th century-from the many regions of the world. Additionally, it includes later interpretations of architecture, interiors, and furniture to illustrate the evolution of each stylistic influence, and examples of costumes. The volume is extensively illustrated and features many diagrammed illustrations with explanatory notes highlighting specific design features.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
1540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-758590-8 (9780137585908)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
INTRODUCTION.
1. Cultural Precedents.
ORIENTAL.
2. China.
3. Japan.
ANTIQUITY.
4. Egypt.
5. Greece.
6. Rome.
MIDDLE AGES.
7. Early Christian.
8. Byzantine.
9. Islamic.
10. Romanesque.
11. Gothic.
RENAISSANCE.
12. Italian Renaissance.
13. Spanish Renaissance.
14. French Renaissance.
15. English Renaissance.
16. American Colonial: England.
17. American Colonial: Spain.
18. American Colonial: France.
19. American Colonial: Germany and Holland.
BAROQUE.
20. European Baroque.
21. Louis XIV.
22. English Restoration.
ROCOCO.
23. Le Regence and Louis XV (Rococo).
24. English Neo-Palladian and Georgian.
25. American Georgian.
EARLY NEOCLASSIC.
26. Louis XVI and French Provincial.
27. Late English Georgian.
28. American Federal.
Bibliography.
Glossary.
Index.
1. Cultural Precedents.
ORIENTAL.
2. China.
3. Japan.
ANTIQUITY.
4. Egypt.
5. Greece.
6. Rome.
MIDDLE AGES.
7. Early Christian.
8. Byzantine.
9. Islamic.
10. Romanesque.
11. Gothic.
RENAISSANCE.
12. Italian Renaissance.
13. Spanish Renaissance.
14. French Renaissance.
15. English Renaissance.
16. American Colonial: England.
17. American Colonial: Spain.
18. American Colonial: France.
19. American Colonial: Germany and Holland.
BAROQUE.
20. European Baroque.
21. Louis XIV.
22. English Restoration.
ROCOCO.
23. Le Regence and Louis XV (Rococo).
24. English Neo-Palladian and Georgian.
25. American Georgian.
EARLY NEOCLASSIC.
26. Louis XVI and French Provincial.
27. Late English Georgian.
28. American Federal.
Bibliography.
Glossary.
Index.