World history of design : prehistoric times to world war I 1st ed.

Author

• Margolin, Victor

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015

Language

English

ISBN

9781474246194

Series

Vol. 1

Subject(s)

• CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION
• DESIGN-SOCIAL ASPECTS
• INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index

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Abstract

This is the first volume of the World History of Design, the definitive historical account of global design by pre-eminent design scholar Victor Margolin.

The first volume explores the earliest cave art and human tools, including the key examples of the visual and material culture that were produced in all parts of the world from the first stages of human civilization, the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath, and finally World War I.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (2 v.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill. (some col.)

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Front matter
General Introduction 1–12
Introduction to Volume 1 13–16
1. The Prehistoric Age 17–26
2. The Earliest Civilizations 7000 bce–900 bce 27–46
3. The Classical Age and Early Byzantium 900 bce–800 ce 47–60
4. Medieval Europe and the Islamic World 800–1200 61–80
5. Asia, Africa, and the Americas 800 bce–1200 ce 81–100
6. Renaissance Europe and the Ottoman Empire 1200–1750 101–142
7. Cross-Cultural Encounters 1200–1750 143–170
8. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and America 1750–1830 171–206
9. The Age of Exhibitions: Great Britain 1830–1900 207–226
10. The Craft Ideal and the Art Movement: Britain and Elsewhere 1861–1915 227–258
11. The Age of Exhibitions: Europe Outside Great Britain 1830–1900 259–288
12. Art Nouveau and the Decorative Impulse 1890–1914 289–336
13. The United States 1840–1900 337–396
14. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand 1300–1900 397–428
15. Protoindustrialization in Diverse Regions 1750–1900 429–458
16. Colonies and Pre-industrial Nations in Asia and Africa 1750–1900 459–480
17. Modern Design in Europe and America 1900–1917 481–534
18. Art and Literature of the Avant-Gardes 1897–1918 535–562
19. World War I 1914–1918 563–572
Back matter

Exemplar(s)

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1.	00268/20	745.409 Mar W	Online !	Available