Pile, John F. 1924-

A history of interior design / John Pile. - 2nd ed. - London : Laurence King, 2005. - 464 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Previous edition: 2000.

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.

In the first major survey for over a decade on the development of interior design, detailed discussions of famous buildings, from the Parthenon to the Pompidou Centre, are interspersed with investigations of the domestic vernacular.

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Interior decoration--History.
21.84 interior design and decoration.
Interior decoration.
Interieurkunst.


History.
History (form)

NK1710 / .P55 2004

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