A History of Interior Design, 2nd Edition

by John Pile (Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York)

• ISBN13: 9780471464341
• ISBN10: 0471464341
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

A History of Interior Design John Pile Second Edition In its first edition this major survey on interior design by John Pile won the 2001 ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Educational Foundation/Joel Polsky Prize. Now in its second edition, 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 on to the grand civic spaces of the nineteenth century and the sleek interiors of modern skyscrapers. Embedded in a social and Political context, detailed discussions of famous buildings, from the Parthenon to the Pompidou Centre, are interspersed with investigations of the domestic vernacularo 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. New to the Second Edition In this edition John Pile has included a new chapter looking at the interior design history of Asian and Islamic traditions. The Various paths along which design developed in India, China, Korea, and Japan are explored, together with a survey of developments in Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Islamic design is discussed in the context of its wide-ranging religious and cultural significance. New Material has also been added on Pre-Columbian design history. The depth of John Pile's survey of interior design is also increased with the addition of 180 new images throughout the book, including furniture, textiles, lighting, and product design. Finally, this new edition is comp

Author Biography

John Pile was Professor of Design at the renowned Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, for most of his teaching career.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prehistory to Early Civilizations

Prehistoric Interiors

Archeological Evidence

The First Shelters

Dolmens and Barrows

Evidence from Tribal Cultures

Pattern and Design

The First Permanent Settlements

Mesopotamia: Sumeria

Ancient Egypt

Geometry and Proportion

Egyptian Temples and Houses

Egyptian Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings

Pre-Columbian America

Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome

Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures

Knossos

Mycenae and Tiryns

Greece

The Temple

Secular Interiors

Insights: The Growth Of Athens

Rome

Arches, Vaults, and Domes

Amphitheaters and Baths

Temples

Secular Buildings

Insights: The Cost Of Living In Ancient Rome

Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings

The Legacy of Rome: Technology

Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque

Early Christian Design

Byzantine Design

Insights: The Ravenna Mosaics

Ravenna

Constantinople

Hagia Sophia

Secular Buildings

Early Medieval: The "Dark Ages"

The Romanesque Style

Churches

Germany

Italy

France

England

Scandinavia

Fortresses and Castles

Monasteries and Abbeys

Insights: The Abbey At Cluny

Houses

Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings

Islamic Influence in Spain

The Mosque in Spain

Moorish Elements in Spanish Romanesque

Islamic and Asian Traditions

Islamic Influence

Mosques and Palaces

Islamic Influence in Spain

The Mosque in Spain

Islamic Furnishings

India and Pakistan

Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Architecture

Hindu Religious and Secular Buildings

Jain Architecture

Northern and Southern Styles of Temple

Islamic Influence in India

Insights: Bernier's Account of The Taj Mahal

Indian Furnishings

Western Influence

Cambodia

Java

Thailand

China

Chinese Architecture

Chinese Furnishings

Korea

Japan

Japanese Furnishings

The Later Middle Ages

Elements of Gothic Style

New Construction Techniques

Gothic Cathedrals and Churches

France

England

Elsewhere in Europe

Secular Gothic Buildings

Insights: Construction Work in A Medieval Building

Castles and Palaces

Medieval Houses

Innovations in Domestic Comfort

The Renaissance in Italy

The Rise of Humanism

Renaissance Interest in History

Elements of Renaissance Style

The Early Renaissance

Brunelleschi

Michelozzo

Alberti

The High Renaissance

Bramante

Palaces

Insights: Vasari's Account of The Farnese Palace

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism

Michelangelo

Romano

Palladio

Vignola

Interior Furnishings

Furniture

Coverings

Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe

Elements of Baroque Style

The Baroque in Italy

Rome

Bernini

Borromini

Venice

Longhena

Turin

Guarini

Juvarra

Baroque in Northern Europe

Austria

Switzerland

Germany

Furniture and Other Interior Features

Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain

France

Early Renaissance

High Renaissance

Baroque

Versailles

Insights: Louis XIV and Versailles

Louvre

Baroque Churches

Furniture and Furnishings

Regency to Rococo

Paris H"tells

The Petit Trianon

Regency and Rococo Furniture

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