COURSE SYLLABUS History & Styles of Interior Design and Decorative Arts I (IDC1030 76003)

Mondays, 6:30 – 9:30 Instructor: Elizabeth Scheuer Email: elizabeth.scheuer@gmail.com February 23rd – March 23rd (5 sessions) Location: Natural Sciences Building, room 2027 Course Description: Explore important elements of interior styles and furnishings from antiquity to the late 18th century. Understand the development of archetypal furniture forms and private interiors, which were increasingly based on living functions. Gain insight into Western civilization’s fascination with ancient Greece and Rome, culminating in neoclassicism as the dominant mode in Europe and America by the 1780s. Course Objectives: Students will learn how to identify the various historical movements and styles, analyze their characteristic features, and describe them to others. They will be able to recognize major historical developments, changes, and innovations related to period interiors and their furnishings. Reading Assignments: Most of the readings will be from John Pile, A History of Interior Design. 4th Edition, 2013. The required reading assignments are listed under the date when the reading should be completed. Presentation: Students will give a 5 to 10 minute presentation on March 23rd. More details about the presentation will be discussed on the first day of class. Final Quiz: There will be a final quiz on March 23rd. The quiz will consist of a series of slide comparisons in which the students will be expected to identify, compare, contrast the images, and discuss them within a larger cultural context. More information about the quiz will be discussed on the first day of class.

Course Calendar: Week I: February 23 Introduction to the course and its goals; overview of interior design history. Ancient Egypt; Greece and Rome; Medieval Era. Assigned reading: Pile, Ch. 1, pp.26-29; Ch. 2, pp. 32-47; Ch. 3, pp 49-51, 55-56, 64-67; Ch. 5, pp. 113-121 Week II: March 2 Renaissance in Italy, France, and England Assigned reading: Pile, Ch. 6, pp. 123-125, 142-145; Ch. 8, pp. 165-172; Ch. 9, pp. 195-198 Holman, Beth L. Disegno: Italian Renaissance Designs for the Decorative Arts, pp. 1-14, 15-18, 43-44, 61-65. Glanville, Philippa. Silver, pp. 19-23 Week III: March 9 Baroque and Rococo in Italy and France Assigned reading: Pile, Ch. 7, pp. 147-148, 161-163,; Ch. 8, 172-181 Waddy, Patricia. “Inside the Palace: People and Furnishings,” pp. 21-37 Walton, Guy. Louis XIV’s Versailles. Ch. 9, pp. 114-127 Week IV: March 16 Due: Presentation topics for last week of class Baroque and Rococo in England and the Netherlands Assigned reading: Pile, Ch. 9, pp. 195-211 Westermann, Mariet, ed. Art & Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt, pp. 15-47 Week V: March 23 In Class: Final Presentations and Quiz Rococo to Neoclassicism; Colonial and Federal America Assigned reading: Pile, Ch. 8, pp. 181-185; Ch. 10, pp. 213-231 Recommended reading: Irwin, David. Neoclassicism, pp. 12-30 Attendance: Missing more than one lecture will seriously compromise your ability to complete your assignments. Please contact the instructor immediately if there is a personal emergency.