Description:

The history of interior and furniture as a constant transformation of the relationship between aesthetic feeling and technological innovation of material processing and development. Relation between the technological and design possibilities of shaping to the resulting aesthetic effect. Time stamps of craft and expression. Typical attributes and milestones of individual epochs and their relation to material culture. Presentation of exhibition stands. Design and construction of current assembly systems.

Contents:

1. Introduction, historical techniques and construction of furniture. 2. Egypt, Greece, Rome, medieval interios. 3. Renaissance, Baroque. 4. Interiors from the Seventeenth Century to the half of Nineteenth Century. 5. Historical techniques of decoration. 6. The second half of Nineteenth Century. 7. Ethnic ineriors. 8. The international Art Nuovo styles - inerior and furniture design. 9. "Moderna" and central european Art Nuovo styles (Secession"). 10. Contemporary techniques of restoration and preserving of furniture and interiors. 11. Art Deco, Functionalism, Bauhaus, Alvar Aalto. 12. Czech interior and furniture design 1900 - 1938. 13.International styles 1945 - 1970. 14. International styles after 1970.

Recommended literature:

1. Judith Miller: Furniture 2. Edward, Lucie-Smith: Furniture - a Concise History. 3. Helena Hayward: World Furniture.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar