City College of San Francisco
Course Outline of Record
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A. Date of Approval
B. Department
March, 2008
Architecture
C.
Course Number
INTD 138
D.
Course Title
History of Interior Design
E.
Course Outline Preparer
Nestor C. Regino
F.
Department Chairperson
____________________________
G.
Dean
____________________________
II. COURSE SPECIFICS
A. Hours
B. Units (s)
C. Prerequisite
Co-requisite
Advisory
D. Course Justification
E.
F.
G.
Field Trip(s )
Method of Grading
Repeatability
Lec-3
3
None
None
None
This course is a foundation
course for the Interior Design
curriculum. It is designed to be
transferable, and will be required
in our Interior Design major.
Yes
Letter, Credit/No-Credit
0
III. CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The history of Interior Design, beginning with ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian
periods and continuing to the late 20th Century Post-Modern movement. The course
will focus on periods of history and its influences on the design of interior spaces.
IV. MAJOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course a student will be able to:
A. Analyze the different periods and movements of interior design and their
characteristics.
B. Examine and evaluate designers and architects in the field of interior design, and
furniture design.
C. Compare and contrast the characteristics of each design movement and their
influence upon other movements and other designers.
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D. Synthesize the various historical elements of interior design including furniture,
metal work, glass, ceramics, and textiles and how they are classified into various
periods and movements.
V. CONTENT
A. Ancient Civilizations
1. Interiors and Furnishings of Egypt
2. Interiors and Furnishings of Pre-Classical Greece, Minoan and Mycnaean
cultures
B. Classical Civilizations: A Synthesis of the Furniture and Interiors of Classical
Greece and the Roman Empire
C. Early Christian Design in Religious and Secular Interiors
D. Medieval Furniture and Other Furnishings
E. Islamic and Asian Traditions in Interiors and Furnishings.
1. Islamic Mosques and Palaces
2. Indian and Pakistan
a. Islamic Influence in India
b. Indian Furnishings
c. Western Influence
3. Cambodian
4. Thailand
5. Indonesia
6. China
7. Japan
F. African Furniture and Other Furnishings
G. Early Interior Styles of the Americas
H. Pacific Island Styles
I. Renaissance Furniture and Coverings
1. Italy
2. Spain
3. France
4. England
J. The Golden Age of France: 17th-19th Centuries
1. The Baroque Style in Furniture and Interiors: Louis XIV
2. Regency Style
3. Rococo Style: Louis XV
4. Early Neo-Classical and Classical Revival Furniture and Interiors: Louis XV
5. Late Neo-Classic
a. The Consulate,
b. Directoire
c Empire
K. Styles and Influences of English Interiors: 18th-19th Centuries
1. Baroque: Queen Anne
2. Early Georgian: George I
3. Middle Georgian: George II (Rococo)
4. Late Georgian: George III (Early Neo-Classic)
5. Regency: George IV (Late Neo-Classic)
L. American Interiors: 17th-19th Centuries
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1. Early Colonial
2. American Georgian
3. Federal
4. Hitchcock
5. Shaker
M. The Victorian Era: Revival and Aesthetic Influences of the 19th Century
1. Classical Revival Styles
a. Biedermeier
b. Lous-Philippe
c. Empire
d. Regency.
2. Rococo Revival
a. Belter
b. Meeks
3. Gothic Revival
a. Arts and Crafts Style
b. Morris
c. Greene & Greene
b. Stickley Brothers.
4. The Influence of the Industrial Revolution: Mass Production and the
Importance of Mechanization on the Production of Furniture and the
Decorative Arts.
N. Art Nouveau Design Principles and Influences
1. Scotland: MacIntosh
2. Belgium: Horta
3. France
a. Guimard
b. Galle
c. Majorelle
4. Spain: Gaudi
5. Germany: Jugendstill
6. Austria: The Vienna Secession
7. United States
a. Tiffany
b. Sullivan
O. Eclecticism
1. Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris and the United States
2. Eclecticism in Britain and Europe
3. Eclecticism in Professional Practice
P. The Emergence of Modernism
1. Frank Lloyd Wright
2. De Stijl
3. The Industrial Style: The Bauhaus
Q. Art Deco and Industrial Design
1. Art Deco Furniture and Decorative Arts
2. Residential and Industrial Interiors
R. The Ascendancy of Modernism in Europe and America
1. France
2. Italy
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3. Switzerland
4. Germany and Austria
5. Scandinavia
6. Britain
7. American Modernism
S. Global Contemporary Trends in Design
1. Prophets of Future Design
a. Kahn
b. Pelli
c. Mies Van Der Rohe
d. Marcel Breuer,
e. Milan and Paris Furniture Design.
2. High-Tech
a. Fuller
b. Rogers and Piano
c. Foster
d. Stirling
3. Post-Modernism
a. Venturi
b. Graves
c. Johnson
d. Eisenman
e. Gehry
4. The Revival of Tradition
5. Late Modernism
a. Pei
b. Gwathmey
c. Meier
6. Individual Stylists
a. Starck
b. Putman
7. Other Trends
a. Art Furniture
b. Memphis and Retro Styles
c. California Design
T. Environmentalism and Green Design in Interior Materials, Furniture, and
Decorative Arts.
VI. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY
A. Assignments
1. Out of class reading assignments from textbook related to periods or
movements of history, its’ architects and designers, and its’ analysis of each
period or movement.
2. In class discussion of course reading including analysis of each period, it’s
characteristics, influence, it’s leaders, philosophy and historical significance.
3. In class discussion of historical elements of interior design including furniture,
metal work, glass, ceramics, and textiles, and their classification.
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4. In class review of visual images of buildings and interiors of each period or
movement with a discussion of its characteristics, classification, and its
historical significance
5. Out of class Research project which will include a written analysis of a topic
which will incorporate a specific period or movement with an architect or
designer. Range of pages should be 4 to 6.
6. In class oral presentation of the project above accompanied by visual
images that are pertinent examples of the design period, movement, designer,
and/or architect.
7. Optional Field Trips to museums such as the De Young, Legion of Honor,
Asian Art Museum, SF Museum of Modern Art to show examples of periods,
movements, designers, and architects.
B. Evaluation
1. Exams and Quizzes including Final and Midterm Exams:
Visual slide examinations that are both multiple choice and essay which will
test a student’s ability to recognize historical periods or movements of interior
design. Students should be able to identify the works of architects and
designers and classify them to various periods and movements and explain
their significance to the movement or period.
2. Research Paper:
Will assess the students ability to synthesize from the text readings, lectures,
discussions, and his/her own research a comparison of the
characteristics of each design movement and its influence upon other
movements and other designers. Also, the student’s ability to synthesize the
various historical elements of interior design including furniture, metal work,
glass, ceramics, and textiles and how they are classified into various periods
and movements will be assessed.
C. Textbook and other instructional materials
1. Textbook: John Pile, A History of Interior Design, Wiley, New York, 2005.
2. Instructor developed materials: Visual “slides” or images of examples of
historical periods and movements, works of designers and architects.
3. Additional Bibliography:
a. African Art, by Frank Willett
b. Figures in Wood of West Africa, by Leon Underwood
c. Bush Negro Art, by Phillip J.C. Dark
d. African Sculpture, by Ladislas Segy
e. Primitive Art, by Douglas Fraser
f. Art of the Byzantine Era, by David Talbot Rice
g. The Art of Byzantine Empire, by Cyril Mango
h. Islamic Art, by David Talbot Rice
i. Japan, A History in Art, by Bradley Smith
j. Art of China, Korea, and Japan, by Peter C. Swann
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k. Casa Yucatan, Karen by Witynski & Joe P. Carr
l. Tropical Asian Style, by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
m. Tropical Interiors, by Elizabeth V. Reyes
n. The Tribal Arts of Africa, by Jean-Baptiste Bacquart
o. Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary, by Judith Miller
p. The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient
Mesopotamia, edited by Milbry Polk and Angela M. H. Schuster
VII. TITLE 5 CLASSIFICATION
Credit/Degree Applicable (meets all standards of Title 5. Section 55002(a))
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