The Faculty of Interior Architecture / Interior Architecture
SFA-26 | History of Furniture and Ornaments
Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 2C | ECTS Credits: 2
Department: Study of Form and Ambience
- Titular:
- conf.dr.arh. Marius Marcu-Lapadat
- Learning outcomes:
- Navigate through the main styles of furniture history, identifying patterns that characterize each period
- Content:
- Titles of the courses:
1 Introduction. Definition. Functions. The furniture as an extension of the human body / function of representation. Ornament. Origins.
2 Dictionary of terms. The Classical Greek and Romanian orders in architecture
3 The furniture of ancient Egypt / ancient Greece / ancient Rome
4 Middle Ages furniture The furniture suited for transport/ migration, furniture evolved in monasteries , Renaissance
5 Appearance of interior architecture as it is understood today
Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI furniture types, ornamental characteristic
6 Empire, Biedermeier, Thonet / innovations, appearance of the industrial production, designed by engineers in the U.S. types of furniture, examples of furniture designers, ornamental characteristic
7 Art Nouveau, Germany / Belgium, Austria, Scotland, France personalities, ornaments characteristic
8 Art Deco, Machine Age, Bauhaus, de Stijl, International Style, new ornaments, examples of personalities, Romanian modernism
9 The classics of the twentieth century: Wright, Le Corbusier, Aalto
10 Deutsche Werkbund, metal and glass furniture
11 The post-war era
Population growth, mass production of the United States / Charles Eames
Scandinavian Furniture, The Italian "Boom"
12 Sixties technological advances and the plastic furniture
13 Seventies and Eithies Postmodern, High-tech and other contemporary trends
14 Profession designer - Teaching Method:
- Power point presentations and periodical evaluations
- Assessment:
- Final exam 50% + 25% for lecture attendance + 25% periodical written evaluations
- Bibliography:
- Beazley, Mitchell, The elements of Design, General Editor Noel Riley, London, 2003
Sassone, Adriana, Furniture from rococo to art deco, Ed. Evergreen,Koln, 1988
Pile, John, A history of Interior Design, Laurence King Publishing, London, 2000
Morley, John, Furniture The Western tradition, Ed. Thames & Hudson, Londra, 1999
Hauffe, Thomas, Design, A Concise History, Laurance King Publishing, Londra, 1998
Whitford, Frank, Bauhaus, Ed. Thames & Hudson, Londra, 2000
Dormer, Peter, Design since 1945, Ed. Thames & Hudson, Londra, 1998
Sembah, Leuthauser, Le design du meuble au XX e Siecle, Taschen, Koln, 1989, cod III 37 Tempus
Gossel
Conran, Terence, The Conran Directory of Design, Ed. Octopus Conran, Londra, 1985
Valdos, Ana Maria, Classic furniture, Ed. Atrium Internacional, Mexico, 2002
Bedel, Jean, Le grand guide des styles, Ed. Hachette, Paris, 1996
Wills, Geoffrey, Il mobile storia progetisti tipi e stili, Ed. Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano, 1983
McCorquodale, Charles, The history of Interior Decoration, Ed. Phaidon, Oxford, 1988
Boger, Louise Ade, The complete guide to furniture styles, New York, cod II 2700
Aussel, A, Etudes des styles du mobilier, Ed. Dumond, cod II 36 Tempus
Ionescu, Florin & Nastase, Vasile, Proiectarea mobilierului şi a interioarelor, Ed. Tehnică, Bucureşti, 1970, cod II 2571
Collins, Miller, Post modern Design, Academy Edition, London, cod III3259
Miller, Craig, Modern Design, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, cod III3428
XXX, Design 1935-1963 What Modern Was, Mussee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, cod III 3429
Neset, Gilles, L Art dea annees 20, cod III 3332 - Notes:
- Where a code is added it belongs to the UAUIM library reference system
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