A history of interior design / John Pile.
By: Pile, John F.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 480 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).ISBN: 9780470228883 :; 0470228881 :.Subject(s): Interior decoration -- History | Interior architecture -- HistoryItem type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NK 1710 .P55 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5149109 |
1. Prehistory of early civilizations : Prehistoric interiors ; The first permanent settlements -- 2. Classical civilizations: Greece and Rome : Minoan and Mycenaean cultures ; Greece ; Rome -- Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque : Early Christian design ; Early medieval: the "dark ages" ; The Romanesque style -- 4. Islamic and Asian traditions : Islamic influence ; India and Pakistan ; Cambodia ; Thailand ; Indonesia ; China ; Korea ; Japan -- 5. The later middle ages : Elements of Gothic style ; New construction techniques ; Gothic cathedrals and churches ; Secular Gothic buildings -- 6. The Renaissance in Italy : The rise of humanism ; Elements of style ; The Early Renaissance ; The High Renaissance ; The Late Renaissance and Mannerism ; Interior furnishings -- 7. Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe : Elements of Baroque style ; The Baroque in Italy ; Baroque in Northern Europe ; Furniture and other interior features -- 8. Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain : France ; Spain -- 9. Renaissance to Georgian in the Low Countries and England : Low Countries ; England -- 10. Colonial and Federal in America : Colonial styles in Latin America ; Colonial styles in North America ; American Georgian ; Federal styles -- 11. The Regency, revivals and industrial revolution : Regency ; Revivals ; The industrial revolution -- 12. The Victorian era : The roots of Victorian style ; Britain ; United States: Victorian variations ; Furniture and other interior furnishings -- 13. The aesthetic movements : Britain: Arts and Crafts ; United States: the Craftsman movement ; Developments in continental Europe -- 14. Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secession : Roots and characteristics of Art Nouveau ; Belgium ; France ; Spain ; Germany: Jugenstil ; Scandinavia ; Austria: the Vienna Secession ; United States -- 15. Eclecticism : the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris ; United States ; Europe -- 16. The emergence of modernism : Frank Lloyd Wright ; De Stijl ; Pioneers of the International Style -- 17. Art Deco and industrial design : Art Deco ; Expressionism ; Industrial design ; Residential design -- 18. The spread of early modernism in Europe : The Netherlands ; Germany and Austria ; Italy ; Switzerland ; France ; Scandinavia ; England -- 19. Modernism in America : Architects and designers ; Interior decoration: the reaction to modernism ; Furniture and other interior furnishings -- The ascendancy of modernism : Italy ; Scandinavia ; France ; Germany ; The Netherlands ; Britain ; United States ; Furniture and other interior furnishings -- 20. Contemporary design : Prophets of future design ; Hi-tech ; Post-modernism ; The revival of tradition ; Late modernism ; Individual stylists ; Deconstructivism ; Other trends ; New prophets of future design.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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