History of Furniture: A Global View » (New Edition)

Globalization is the wave of the future, but it is also affecting the study of history— and design history is no exception. Programs in the visual arts— art, architecture, interior design— are all facing the challenge of providing students with information from around the world. History of Furniture: A Global View will cover the major historical movements in furniture design from prehistoric periods through contemporary, including those regions that traditional history books ignore or underserve such as Africa and China. And two, it will present the achievements of Western furniture designers, not in isolation from the rest of the world, but in vibrant contact with it. For example, students will learn the about influence of Islamic design on Romanesque style and Thailand’s interpretation of Art Nouveau. In short, this comprehensive book with a global perspective focusing on the properties and powers of furniture.

Early Histories
• Prehistory
• Ancient Civilizations
• Classical Civilizations
From Ancient to Renaissance
• Early Christian
• The Year 1100 Around the World
• Gothic
A World of Renaissance
• Pre-Columbian Urban Civilizations
• China
• Renaissance
Styles Reacting to Styles: 17th and 18th Centuries
• Baroque
• Rococo
English Occurrences: Up to the 18th Century
• The English System in England
• The English System in the Colonies through the 18th century, early 19th Century
The Seeds of Modernism: The 19th Century
• Neoclassical
• Revivals
Reactions
• Art Nouveau: Early International Styles
• Africa and Asia
• The Aesthetic Movements
Modernism
• Bauhaus and Modernism
• Alternative to Modernism
• Modernism Continue
• Modernism to Postmodernism to Deconstruction