History of furniture : a global view / Mark Hinchman.

Includes index.

Preface -- Chronology -- Objects of scrutiny -- Styles -- Meanings -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Prehistory -- Lascaux -- Neolithic -- Bronze age -- 2: Ancient Civilizations -- Mesopotamia -- Egypt -- Nubia -- 3: Classical Civilizations -- Greece: Minoan and Mycenaean -- Classical Greece -- Rome -- 4: Early Christian And Byzantine -- Early Christian -- Early Christian and Byzantine churches -- Vikings -- 5: Romanesque And Islamic -- Romanesque -- Islam -- 6: Gothic -- Civic infrastructure -- Interiors and furniture -- 7: Americas -- Early history -- Mexico -- Zapotecs -- Maya -- Azetcs -- Central America -- Peru -- Conquest -- 8: From Stupa To Pagoda And From Mat To Chair: China, India, And Cambodia -- Architecture and sculpture -- From Stupa to Pagoda -- Chinese classical furniture -- 9: Renaissance -- Architecture -- Interiors -- Furniture -- 10: Baroque -- Italy -- Central and Northern Europe -- France -- 11: Rococo -- From Baroque to Rococo: regency -- Rococo -- 12: England -- Tudor -- Elizabethan -- Jacobean -- Georgian -- 13: In The Colonies -- English colonial -- India -- Spanish colonial -- French colonial -- German colonial -- 14: Neoclassical -- France -- United States -- England -- Germany -- Sweden -- Neoclassicism and Romanticism -- 15: Victorian And Historical Revivals -- Queen Victoria -- Historic revivals -- Industrial Revolution -- Furniture -- 16: Reform Movements: Arts And Crafts -- Arts and crafts -- Germany -- United States -- New Zealand -- 17: Africa -- Classic African house -- Designed objects before industrialization -- Industrialization in Africa -- Furniture -- 18: Japan And Japanisme -- Architecture -- Foreigners -- Urban and urbane living-furnishings in prints -- Furniture -- Opening of old Japan -- 19: Art Nouveau -- English beginnings -- Belgium -- France -- Spain -- United States -- Global -- 20: Protomodernism -- Vienna secession -- De Stijl -- Russian constructivism -- Mackintosh -- Thailand -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- 21: Heroic Modernism: Myths And Realities -- Early Modernism -- Franco Modernism -- Nordic Modernism -- British Modernism -- Lighter side of Modernism -- 22: Art Deco, Traditional Design, And The Rise Of The Decorator -- Art deco -- Traditional design-a popular continuity with the past -- Rise of the decorator -- 23: Other Modernisms -- Latin America -- Africa -- Asia and the Pacific -- 24: After Modernism: Modernism Continued, Postmodernism, And Deconstruction -- Modernism continued -- Revolution: the 1960s -- Experimentation: the 1970s -- Postmodernism -- Deconstruction -- 1990s -- Glossary -- Index -- Illustration credits.

From the Publisher: Globalization is the wave of the future, but it is also affecting the study of history-and design history is no exception. Programs in the visual arts-art, architecture, interior design-are all facing the challenge of providing students with information from around the world. History of Furniture: A Global View will cover the major historical movements in furniture design from prehistoric periods through contemporary, including those regions that traditional history books ignore or under serve such as Africa and China. And two, it will present the achievements of Western furniture designers, not in isolation from the rest of the world, but in vibrant contact with it. For example, students will learn the about influence of Islamic design on Romanesque style and Thailand's interpretation of Art Nouveau. In short, this comprehensive book with a global perspective focusing on the properties and powers of furniture.