ARI 368R
History of Interior Design 1800-2000

Instructor: Dr. Christopher Long
Time and Place: TTH 9:30-11:00; Battle Hall 101

Office: Sutton Hall 4.104
Tel.: (512) 232-4084
E-mail: chrlong@mail.utexas.edu

Prerequisites

This course is open to all advanced interior design students. Other students may enroll with permission of the instructor.

Course Description and Format

This course will explore the history and theory of interior design in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to lectures on the historical evolution of interior design, it will also include in-class discussions on specialized topics, such as the issues of space, ornament, perception, and tectonics. We will read and discuss a wide array of designers and architectural thinkers, ranging from William Morris and Christopher Dresser to Adolf Loos and Elsie de Wolfe.

Educational Objectives

This course will focus on developing students' understanding of the fundamental problems of the discipline; on familiarizing them with sources and concepts used in interior design history and theory; on developing their critical thinking and writing skills; and on developing methods for scholarly research within the field.

Course Requirements

Students' grades will be based on three short assignments (30%), class participation (10%), a mid-term exam (30%), and a final exam (30%).

Required texts:

Cumming, Elizabeth, and Wendy Kaplan. The Arts and Crafts Movement. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. ISBN 0-500-20248-6

Massey, Anne. Interior Design of the 20th Century. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1990. ISBN 0-500-20247-8

Whitford, Frank. Bauhaus. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1990. ISBN 0-500-20193-5

Plus a course reader of selected articles available at Longhorn Copies, 2520 Guadalupe, ph. 476-4498.