IDES 265 Interior Design History 2
Histories and theories of architecture, urbanism, interiors, and art in Western and non-Western societies from 1850 to the present are surveyed. The focus of this course is on the formal, aesthetic, cultural, and socio-political dimensions of modernism. Different historiographies are developed into various approaches toward understanding modern art, architecture, and design in its varied contexts. Analytical drawing and modeling exercises link representational media to historic comprehension. Lecture.