Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Prehistory of early civilizations : Prehistoric interiors ; The first permanent settlements -- 2. Classical civilizations: Greece and Rome : Minoan and Mycenaean cultures ; Greece ; Rome -- Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque : Early Christian design ; Early medieval: the "dark ages" ; The Romanesque style -- 4. Islamic and Asian traditions : Islamic influence ; India and Pakistan ; Cambodia ; Thailand ; Indonesia ; China ; Korea ; Japan -- 5. The later middle ages : Elements of Gothic style ; New construction techniques ; Gothic cathedrals and churches ; Secular Gothic buildings -- 6. The Renaissance in Italy : The rise of humanism ; Elements of style ; The Early Renaissance ; The High Renaissance ; The Late Renaissance and Mannerism ; Interior furnishings -- 7. Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe : Elements of Baroque style ; The Baroque in Italy ; Baroque in Northern Europe ; Furniture and other interior features -- 8. Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain : France ; Spain -- 9. Renaissance to Georgian in the Low Countries and England : Low Countries ; England -- 10. Colonial and Federal in America : Colonial styles in Latin America ; Colonial styles in North America ; American Georgian ; Federal styles -- 11. The Regency, revivals and industrial revolution : Regency ; Revivals ; The industrial revolution -- 12. The Victorian era : The roots of Victorian style ; Britain ; United States: Victorian variations ; Furniture and other interior furnishings -- 13. The aesthetic movements : Britain: Arts and Crafts ; United States: the Craftsman movement ; Developments in continental Europe -- 14. Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secession : Roots and characteristics of Art Nouveau ; Belgium ; France ; Spain ; Germany: Jugenstil ; Scandinavia ; Austria: the Vienna Secession ; United States -- 15. Eclecticism : the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris ; United States ; Europe -- 16. The emergence of modernism : Frank Lloyd Wright ; De Stijl ; Pioneers of the International Style -- 17. Art Deco and industrial design : Art Deco ; Expressionism ; Industrial design ; Residential design -- 18. The spread of early modernism in Europe : The Netherlands ; Germany and Austria ; Italy ; Switzerland ; France ; Scandinavia ; England -- 19. Modernism in America : Architects and designers ; Interior decoration: the reaction to modernism ; Furniture and other interior furnishings -- The ascendancy of modernism : Italy ; Scandinavia ; France ; Germany ; The Netherlands ; Britain ; United States ; Furniture and other interior furnishings -- 20. Contemporary design : Prophets of future design ; Hi-tech ; Post-modernism ; The revival of tradition ; Late modernism ; Individual stylists ; Deconstructivism ; Other trends ; New prophets of future design.

"Now in its third edition and fully updated with the most recent examples, A History of Interior Design tells the story of 6,000 years of domestic and public space." "John Pile acknowledges that interior design is a field with unclear boundaries, in which construction, architecture, furniture, decoration, technology, and product design all overlap. These topics are woven together in a narrative that runs from cave dwellings and temple architecture, through Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance palaces, 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 vernacular - the cottages, farmhouses, apartments, and city terraces inhabited by ordinary people." "In this new edition, the evolution of interior design has been made even more accessible through the inclusion of a CD-ROM with an interactive timeline. Incorporating over 100 illustrations, this sets the great interior spaces of the world in the context of the social, political, and technological developments of the time."--BOOK JACKET.

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