| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Descript |
496 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Note |
Previous ed.: 2009. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Prehistory to early civilizations -- Classical civilizations : Greece and Rome -- Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque -- Islamic and Asian traditions -- The later Middle Ages -- The Renaissance of 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 -- Eclectcisim -- The emergence of modernism -- Art Deco and industrial design -- The spread of early modernism in Europe -- Modernism in America -- The ascendancy of modernism -- After the international style : the late twentieth century -- Design on a new playing field |
| Subject |
Interior decoration -- History.
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Interior architecture -- History.
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| Alt Author |
Gura, Judith, author.
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| ISBN |
9781780672915 (hbk.) |
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1780672918 (hbk.) |
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