A history of interior design / by John Pile.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pile, John F.
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : J. Wiley & Sons, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Interior decoration > History.
Interior architecture > History.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:464 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prehistory to early civilizations
  • Classical civilizations: Greece and Rome
  • Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque
  • Islamic and Asian traditions
  • The later Middle Ages
  • The Renaissance in Italy
  • Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe
  • Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain
  • Renaissance to Georgian in the Low Countries and England
  • Colonial and Federal America
  • The regency, revivals, and industrial revolution
  • The Victorian era
  • The aesthetic movements
  • Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secession
  • Eclecticism
  • The emergence of Modernism
  • Art deco and industrial design
  • The spread of early Modernism in Europe
  • Modernism in America
  • The ascendancy of Modernism
  • Contemporary design.