Much like the history of art, the history of interior design encompasses numerous styles, movements, and individual artistic contributions. It also reflects the influence of international political and social developments. A basic understanding of this history is important for professional designers who look to the past for inspiration.
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"Pile delivers a focused and clearly written chronological examination of significant interiors and their associated details." (APT Bulletin, June 2002)
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The first major survey text on interior design for over a decade, A History of Interior Design delivers the inside story on 6,000 years of personal and public space. John Pile acknowledges that interior design is a field with unclear boundaries, in which construction, architecture, the arts and crafts, technology, and product design all overlap. These topics are woven together in a fascinating narrative that runs from cave dwellings and temple architecture, through Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance palaces onto the grand civic spaces of the nineteenth century and the sleek interiors of modern sky-scrapers.
Embedded in a social and political context, detailed discussions of famous buildings, from the Parthenon to the Pompidou Center, are interspersed with investigations of the domestic vernacular ? the cottages, farmhouses, apartments, and city terraces inhabited by ordinary people. Primary source quotations are used to provide contemporary perspectives on a wide variety of interior settings.
With 400 illustrations, 200 in color
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The Wonderful Mr. Pile,
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History of Interior Design is great. I study interior design and, without John Pile's books, this wide-ranging subject would have been far more difficult. Studying the subject "history of interior design" would have been such a struggle for me without having this book at my side. I just couldn't find all I needed on the internet. Apart from the high quality paper and excellent images, John Pile has a writing style that gets his point across very clearly. That makes for rapid reading and faster absorption of information.
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WOW! beautifully organized and articulated. thoughtful and well-rounded discussion of the variation and evolution of interior design. it was purchased to use as a course resource (on 20th century American consumer culture), but am now tempted to buy my OWN copy.
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Perfect for college-level collections strong in interior design history,
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The third updated edition of A HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN comes packed with the latest examples throughout and offers a synthesis of some 6,000 years of domestic and public interiors. Topics range from furniture and decoration to cave dwellings and temples, cathedrals and palaces, and provide a blend of architectural survey and political and social analysis to consider the extent of how interior style evolves. An accompanying CD-ROM with over 100 illustrations provides a timeline of this history. Perfect for college-level collections strong in interior design history.
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historic imitation, stripped classicism, plaster ornamentation, large glass areas, pioneer modernists, symmetrical block, classical pilasters, ornamental detail, semicircular arches, chancel area, molded plywood, stepped forms, eclectic work Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Nouveau, International Style, Art Deco, United States, Middle Ages, World War, Frank Lloyd Wright, Queen Anne, Crystal Palace, Los Angeles, Low Countries, Alvar Aalto, French Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, Philip Johnson, Rhode Island, Walter Gropius, Early Christian, Herman Miller, Italian Renaissance, Vienna Secession, Eero Saarinen, Hagia Sophia, Marcel Breuer New!
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historic imitation, stripped classicism, plaster ornamentation, large glass areas, pioneer modernists, symmetrical block, classical pilasters, ornamental detail, semicircular arches, chancel area, molded plywood, stepped forms, eclectic work Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Nouveau, International Style, Art Deco, United States, Middle Ages, World War, Frank Lloyd Wright, Queen Anne, Crystal Palace, Los Angeles, Low Countries, Alvar Aalto, French Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, Philip Johnson, Rhode Island, Walter Gropius, Early Christian, Herman Miller, Italian Renaissance, Vienna Secession, Eero Saarinen, Hagia Sophia, Marcel Breuer New!
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- The International Style by Henry Russell Hitchcock on 6 pages
- Antiquities of Athens by James Stuart on page 158, page 167, and Back Matter
- Art Nouveau by Stephan Tschudi Madsen on page 220, and Back Matter
- Ancient Egyptians (Insights) by Fiona MacDonald in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- William Morris by Linda Parry in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Becoming an Interior Designer (Becoming an Interior Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design) by Christine M. Piotrowski on page 19, and Back Matter
- The Lazy Person's Handbook: Short Cuts to Get Everything You Want with the Least Possible Effort by Marc Favreau on page 73, and Back Matter
- Space Planning for Commercial and Residential Interiors by Sam Kubba in Back Matter
- Design: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by John Heskett in Back Matter
- The Interior Design Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Profitability by Mary V. Knackstedt in Back Matter
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