
A History of Interior Design Fifth Edition
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A History of Interior Design tells the story of 6,000 years of domestic and public space. It's an essential resource for students, professionals and anyone interested in interior design, the decorative arts, architecture and art history. It explores a broad range of styles and movements, weaving together a fascinating narrative from cave dwellings and temple architecture, through Gothic cathedrals and Islamic palaces, to modern skyscrapers and the retail spaces of the 21st-century.
This fully updated fifth edition includes more on the contributions of women designers and architects, additional coverage of furniture, product design and decoration, as well as numerous examples of diverse modern styles from around the world. An extra final chapter focuses on the influence of the latest technology and current thinking on the importance of conservation and ethical sourcing.
This new edition includes 730 images, over 300 of which are new or colour replacements for black and white photos.
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John Pile was Professor of Design at the renowned Pratt Institute Brooklyn for most of his teaching career. He was the author of twelve books on furniture colour draughtsmanship office planning and other aspects of interior design. He died in November 2007.
Judith Gura (Author)
Judith Gura was professor of design history and theory at the New York School of Interior Design. She was the author of several books on interior design, Scandinavian furniture and furniture styles. She died in April 2020.
Drew Plunkett (Author)
Drew Plunkett was Head of the Department of Interior Design at the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981 he has practised as an interior designer based in London and Glasgow. He is also active as an exhibitor, curator and critical writer.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction Designing Interiors
- 1 Prehistory to Early Civilizations
- Prehistoric Interiors
- Archeological Evidence
- The First Shelters
- Dolmens and Barrows
- Evidence from Tribal Cultures
- Pattern and Design
- The First Permanent Settlements
- Mesopotamia: Sumeria
- Pre-Columbian America
- North America
- Central America
- South America
- Ancient Egypt
- Geometry and Proportion
- Egyptian Temples and Houses
- Egyptian Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings
- 2 Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome
- Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures
- Knossos
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Greece
- The Temple
- Insights The Growth of Athens
- Secular Interiors
- Rome
- Arches, Vaults, and Domes
- Amphitheaters and Baths
- Temples
- Insights The Cost of Living in Ancient Rome
- Secular Buildings
- Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings
- The Legacy of Rome: Technology
- 3 Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque
- Early Christian Design
- Byzantine Design
- Ravenna
- Insights The Ravenna Mosaics
- Constantinople
- Hagia Sophia
- Secular Buildings
- Early Medieval: The "Dark Ages"
- The Romanesque Style
- Churches
- Germany
- Italy
- France
- England
- Scandinavia
- Fortresses and Castles
- Monasteries and Abbeys
- Insights The Abbey at Cluny
- Houses
- Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings
- Spanish Romanesque
- 4 Islamic and Asian Traditions
- Islamic Influence
- Mosques and Palaces
- Islamic Influence in Spain
- The Mosque in Spain
- Islamic Furnishings
- India and Pakistan
- Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Architecture
- Hindu Religious and Secular Buildings
- Jain Architecture
- Northern and Southern Styles of Temple
- Islamic Influence in India
- Insights Bernier's Account of the Taj Mahal
- Indian Furnishings
- Western Influence
- Cambodia
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- China
- Chinese Architecture
- Chinese Furnishings
- Korea
- Japan
- Japanese Furnishings
- 5 The Later Middle Ages
- Elements of Gothic Style
- New Construction Techniques
- Gothic Cathedrals and Churches
- France
- England
- Elsewhere in Europe
- Insights Construction Work in a Medieval Building
- Secular Gothic Buildings
- Castles and Palaces
- Medieval Houses
- Innovations in Domestic Comfort
- 6 The Renaissance in Italy
- The Rise of Humanism
- Renaissance Interest in History
- Elements of Renaissance Style
- The Early Renaissance
- Brunelleschi
- Michelozzo
- Alberti
- The High Renaissance
- Bramante
- Palaces
- Insights Vasari's Account of the Farnese Palace
- The Late Renaissance and Mannerism
- Michelangelo
- Romano
- Palladio
- Vignola
- Interior Furnishings
- Furniture
- Coverings
- 7 Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe
- Elements of Baroque Style
- The Baroque in Italy
- Rome
- Bernini
- Borromini
- Venice
- Longhena
- Turin
- Guarini
- Juvarra
- Baroque in Northern Europe
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Furniture and Other Interior Features
- 8 Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain
- France
- Early Renaissance
- High Renaissance
- Baroque
- Versailles
- Insights Louis XIV and Versailles
- Louvre
- Baroque Churches
- Furniture and Furnishings
- Regency to Rococo
- Paris Hôtels Particuliers
- The Petit Trianon
- Regency and Rococo Furniture
- Rococo to Neoclassicism
- The Empire Style
- Insights Charles Percier and Pierre François-Léonard Fontaine: The Empire Style
- Provincial Style
- Spain
- Plateresco
- Desornamentado
- Churrigueresco
- Furniture and Other Interior Features
- 9 Renaissance to Georgian in the Low Countries and England
- Low Countries
- Civic Buildings
- Private Dwellings
- England
- Tudor
- Elizabethan
- Elizabethan Furniture
- Jacobean
- Jones
- Jacobean Interior Furnishings
- From Carolean to William and Mary
- Wren
- Carolean and William and Mary Interior Furnishings
- Queen Anne
- Queen Anne Furniture
- Georgian
- Robert and James Adam
- Insights Robert Adam and Syon House
- Georgian Town Houses
- Other Building Types
- Georgian Furniture and Interior Furnishings
- 10 Colonial and Federal America
- Colonial Styles in Latin America
- Colonial Styles in North America
- Early Colonial Houses
- Early Colonial Interior Furnishings
- Churches and Meeting Houses
- American Georgian
- American Georgian Houses
- American Georgian and Queen Anne Furniture
- Late Colonial Public Buildings
- Federal Styles
- Jefferson
- Bulfinch
- Thornton and Latrobe
- Furniture of the Federal Period
- Other Furnishings of the Federal Period
- 11 The Regency, Greek Revival, and the Industrial Revolution
- Regency
- Nash
- Soane
- Regency Furniture
- Greek Revival
- Germany
- England
- United States
- The Industrial Revolution
- Early Industrialization and Inventions
- Industry and Interiors
- 12 The Victorian Era
- Victorian Style
- Gothic Revival in Britain
- Shopping
- A Great Exhibition
- Aristocrats and Plutocrats
- Other British Revivalist Styles
- United States: Victorian Variations
- Gothic Revival
- American Homes
- A Centennial Exhibition
- Later American Indigenous Styles
- Shingle
- Adirondack
- Shaker
- Insights The Shaker Philosophy
- 13 The Aesthetic Movements
- Britain: Arts and Crafts Movement
- Arbiters of Taste and Virtue
- Morris
- Ashbee
- Voysey
- Scott
- Asian Influences
- Arts and Crafts in the United States
- The Craftsman Movement
- Japanese Influences
- Emergence of Women Designers
- United States
- Wheeler
- Wharton
- Britain
- Agnes and Rhoda Garrett
- 14 Eclecticism and a New World
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts
- United States
- Building High
- Office Interiors
- Apartments and Hotels
- Public Buildings
- Furniture and Fittings in Excess
- Furnishing the Home
- Shopping
- High Style
- Ocean Liners
- Movie Theaters
- Europe
- 15 Art Nouveau and the Viennese Secession
- Roots and Characteristics of Art Nouveau
- Britain
- Mackintosh
- France
- Guimard
- School of Nancy
- Other French Designers
- Belgium
- Horta
- Van de Velde
- Austria: The Vienna Secession
- Olbrich
- Wagner
- Hoffmann
- Moser
- Germany: Jugendstil
- Riemerschmid
- Endell
- Scandinavia and the Baltic
- Spain
- Gaudí
- United States
- Tiffany
- Sullivan
- 16 The Emergence of Modernism
- Sullivan
- Wright
- Change in Europe
- The Radicals
- Duchamp
- Loos
- War and Revolution
- Le Corbusier
- De Stijl
- Van Doesburg
- Rietveld
- 17 Modernism
- Pioneers of Modernism
- Le Corbusier and His Five Rules
- Early Work
- Insights Le Corbusier and Color
- Perriand
- Gropius and the Bauhaus
- Mies van der Rohe
- Mies and Johnson
- Reich
- Skeptics
- 18 Art Deco
- France
- Mallet-Stevens
- Gray
- Insights Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, and E1027
- Górska
- Frank
- Chareau
- Ocean Liners
- United States
- Designers from Europe
- Architecture
- Britain
- Scandinavia
- Sweden
- Denmark
- An Alternative Modernity
- United States
- De Wolfe
- Wood
- Draper
- Sister Parish
- Elkins
- Britain
- Joel
- Maugham
- Dorn
- Lancaster
- 19 Modernist Design in Europe
- Britain
- Italy
- Scandinavia
- Alvar and Aino Aalto
- Switzerland
- Furniture Design
- 20 Modernist Design in the United States
- Architects and Designers
- Wright
- Insights The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Gill
- Schindler
- Neutra
- Lescaze
- International Style
- Continuity and Modernity
- Robsjohn-Gibbings
- Wormley
- Residential and Industrial Design
- Streamline
- A New Breed of Designer
- Loewy
- Teague
- Bel Geddes
- Dreyfuss
- Rohde
- Russel and Mary Wright
- Liebes
- Greta and Walter von Nessen
- The Streamlined Home
- Eating Out
- 21 The Post-War World 1945-80
- United States
- Residential Design
- An Ideal Home
- Furnishings
- Insights Modernism and Social Environments
- Europe
- Britain
- Festival of Britain
- The Home Front
- Italy
- Denmark
- The 1960s: Britain and a Shift in Soft Power
- Retail
- The Modern Home
- Domestic Experiments
- Hospitality
- Office Design
- Insights Interior Design vs. Architecture
- 22 Postmodernism
- United States
- Venturi and Others
- Graves
- Austria
- Hollein
- Britain
- Connor
- Powell-Tuck
- Kelly
- Jiricna
- Pawson
- Coates
- Collins
- Insights Finding an Audience
- France
- Putnam
- Starck
- Italy
- Sottsass and the Memphis Group
- Mendini
- Branzi
- Aulenti
- Spain
- 23 Computers, Conservation, and Moral Concerns
- Digitality
- Sustainability
- Retail
- Hospitality
- Workplace
- Residential
- Healthcare
- Education
- Furniture and Furnishings
- The Future
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Picture Credits
- Index
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