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008			080623s2009 njua b 001 0 eng
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050			_aNK 1710 _b.P642 2009
100			_aPile, John F. _998092
245		2	_aA history of interior design / _cJohn Pile.
260			_aHoboken, NJ : _bWiley, _cc2009.
300			_a480 p. : _bill. (some col.) _c30 cm. +
500			_aPrevious ed.: 2005.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis book tells the story of 6,000 years of domestic and public space. The author acknowledges that interior design is a field with unclear boundaries, in which construction, architecture, decoration, technology, and production 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. Within 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 any city terraces inhabited by ordinary people. The evolution of interior design is made more accessible through the inclusion of CD-ROM with interactive timeline.
650			_aInterior architecture
650			_aInterior decoration
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