A History of Interior Design encompasses numerous styles, movements and the international political and social developments that have informed or challenged its evolution.

This lavishly illustrated book will be of interest to anyone who appreciates interior design as well as antiques, furniture design, textiles, decorative objects and the general evolution of the space where we work and live.

A History of Interior Design, 2nd edition contains 150 new photos, 35 new line drawings, 32 more pages, making it more lavish than the first. A companion web site filled with even more images is also new to this edition and offers great value.

Contents

1. Prehistory to Early Civilizations
2. Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome
3. Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque
4. Islamic and Asian Traditions
5. The Later Middle Ages
6. The Renaissance in Italy
7. Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe
8. Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain
9. Renaissance to Georgian in The Low Countries and England
10. Colonial and Federal America
11. The Regency, Revivals, and Industrial Revolution
12. The Victorian Era
13. The Aesthetic Movements
14. Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secession
15. Eclecticism
16. The Emergence of Modernism
17. Art Deco and Industrial Design
18. The Spread of Early Modernism in Europe
19. Modernism in America
20. The Ascendency of Modernism.
21. Contemporary Design

Index

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