History of Interior Design

This classic reference presents the history of interior design from prehistory to the present. Exploring a broad range of design styles and movements, this revised and expanded edition includes coverage of non-Western design and vernacular interior architecture and features 665 photographs and drawings (color and black-and-white). A History of Interior Design is an essential resource for practicing and aspiring professionals in interior design, art history, and architecture, and general readers interested in design and the decorative arts.

John Pile was Professor of Design at the renowned Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, for most of his teaching career. He is the author of twelve books on furniture, color draughtsmanship, office planning, and other aspects of interior design.

Judith Gura is a professor of design history and theory, directing the design history program at the New York School of Interior Design. She is the author of critically praised books on interior design, Scandinavian furniture, and furniture styles.

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John Pile was Professor of Design at the renowned Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, for most of his teaching career. He is the author of twelve books on furniture, color draughtsmanship, office planning, and other aspects of interior design.

Judith Gura is a professor of design history and theory, directing the design history program at the New York School of Interior Design. She is the author of critically praised books on interior design, Scandinavian furniture, and furniture styles.

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A History of Interior Design tells the story of 6,000 years of domestic and public space. This fully updated fourth edition includes a completely new chapter on twenty-first-century interior design and a heavily revised chapter on the late twentieth century.

Interior design is a field that includes construction, architecture, furniture, decoration, technology, and product design. This one-volume history weaves together these topics in a fascinating narrative that runs from cave dwellings and temple architecture, through Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance palaces, to the grand civic spaces of the nineteenth century and the sleek interiors of modern skyscrapers.

Embedded in a social and political context, detailed discussions of famous buildings, from cathedrals to Koolhaas, are interspersed with investigations of the domestic vernacular the cottages, farmhouses, apartments, and city terraces inhabited by ordinary people.

The new edition of this bestselling history includes over fifty new images and many previously black and white images updated to color.

Inhalt

Preface 8

1 Prehistory to Early Civilizations 13

Prehistoric Interiors 13

Archeological Evidence 13

The First Shelters 13 Dolmens and Barrows 14

Evidence from Tribal Cultures 15

Pattern and Design 17

The First Permanent Settlements 18

Mesopotamia: Sumeria 19

Pre-Columbian America 20

North America 20 Central America 21

South America 24

Ancient Egypt 26

Geometry and Proportion 26

Egyptian Temples and Houses 27

Egyptian Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings 28

2 Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome 31

Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures 31

Knossos 31

Mycenae and Tiryns 32

Greece 32

The Temple 33

Secular Interiors 36

INSIGHTS: The Growth of Athens 38

Rome 38

Arches, Vaults, and Domes 38

Amphitheaters and Baths 41

Temples 41

INSIGHTS: The Cost of Living in Ancient Rome 42

Secular Buildings 43

Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings 44

The Legacy of Rome: Technology 46

3 Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque 49

Early Christian Design 49

Byzantine Design 51

Ravenna 51

INSIGHTS: The Ravenna Mosaics 52

Constantinople 52

Hagia Sophia 53

Secular Buildings 55

Early Medieval: The Dark Ages 55

The Romanesque Style 56

Churches 57

Germany 57

Italy 58

France 59

England 60

Scandinavia 60

Fortresses and Castles 61

Monasteries and Abbeys 62

INSIGHTS: The Abbey at Cluny 63

Houses 64

Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings 65

Spanish Romanesque 67

4 Islamic and Asian Traditions 69

Islamic Influence 69

Mosques and Palaces 70

Islamic Influence in Spain 73

The Mosque in Spain 73

Islamic Furnishings 74

India and Pakistan 77

Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Architecture 77

Hindu Religious and Secular Buildings 79

Jain Architecture 80

Northern and Southern Styles of Temple 81

Islamic Influence in India 81

INSIGHTS: Bernier's Account of the Taj Mahal 82

Indian Furnishings 85

Western Influence 86

Cambodia 86

Thailand 88

Indonesia 88

China 89

Chinese Architecture 89

Chinese Furnishings 92

Korea 94

Japan 95

Japanese Furnishings 99

5 The Later Middle Ages 101

Elements of Gothic Style 101

New Construction Techniques 102

Gothic Cathedrals and Churches 105

France 106

England 109

Elsewhere in Europe 111

Secular Gothic Buildings 113

INSIGHTS: Construction Work in a Medieval Building 113

Castles and Palaces 115

Medieval Houses 118

Innovations in Domestic Comfort 119

6 The Renaissance in Italy 123 **The Rise of Human...