Furniture in History 3000 B. C. - 2000 A. D.

Name: Furniture in History 3000 B. C. - 2000 A. D.
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ISBN: 9780132610414

ISBN-10: 0132610418

ISBN-13: 9780132610414

Edition: 2003

Authors: Leslie A. Pina

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For courses in History of Furniture, History of Interiors, Decorative Arts, History of Architecture and Interiors. Innovatively combining coverage of early periods and later periods in one comprehensive, well-illustrated, authoritative volume. This fresh exploration of the history of furniture focuses on innovation and changethe key moments and connections in the evolution of style. The first 5 chapters explore the origins of the traditional styles of Western furniture, from ancient times through the Eighteenth Century; the next five survey the Nineteenth Century, with its complex array of historic revivals, reform, and concurrent attempts toward modernism, into the Twentieth Century; and…

Book details

List price: $125.20
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/23/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 412
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Introduction



Ancient and Classical: It's All Greek to Me



Middle Ages: Pull Up a Chair and Sit on the Floor



Renaissance and Baroque: Made to Order



Eighteenth Century: "Best of All Possible Worlds."



Neoclassical: A Capital Idea



Victorian Historic: Revival of the Fittest



Victorian Modern: "Paragon" or Paradox?



Arts and Crafts: As I Can



Modern Moments: Individual Forces



Art Nouveau and Art Deco: New or Dï¿½ja Vue?



European Modernism: "From Bauhaus to Our House."



Industrial Design: Coming to America



Postwar Modern: Designed and Signed



The Office: Nine to Five



A Round 2000: Full Circle


Glossary


Bibliography


Index