IDES 251: History of Interior Environments

Furniture and design are placed within the broader context of social, political, economic, and technological perspectives of each period.

A survey that examines--together--engineering and architectural accomplishments. Sites are arranged within a sociocultural timeline that examines them in terms of historic events and trends, social change, economic developments, and technological innovations--factors that all helped shape architecture and engineering design solutions over millennia.

Spanning from 3,500 BCE to the present, and organized along a global timeline, this guide emphasizes the connections, contrasts, and influences of architectural movements throughout history and around the world.

A survey of architecture, interiors, furniture, and decorative arts from the past to the present. It is a completely integrated and interdisciplinary reference for: architecture, architectural details, architectural surface treatments, space planning, interior design, interior architectural features, interior surface treatments, motifs, furniture, color, lighting, textiles, and decorative accessories.

Features hundreds of detailed drawings from Europe and the Americas to Egypt, China, and India. It covers a host of historical and contemporary architectural styles, from ancient and classical to Pre-Columbian, Romanesque, Renaissance, Palladian, art nouveau, Brutalist, and biomorphic.

A unique cross-disciplinary survey of design history,with an overview of the modern milestones of architecture, interior design, graphic design, product design, and photography.

Spanning six centuries of global design, this survey covers decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present.
Also in print: NK600 .H57 2013: Oversize Books - Shelved upright (4th floor)

A global history of ornament from the Middle Ages to today. Crossing historical and geographical boundaries and considering the role of ornament in both art and architecture, this book offers a nuanced examination that integrates medieval, Renaissance, baroque, and modern Euroamerican traditions with their Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Mesoamerican counterparts.