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.
This richly illustrated volume contains over 380 images, with 72 in full colour.
Volume 1
Prehistoric Times to World War I
1. The Prehistoric Age
2. The Earliest Civilizations, 7000 BCE - 900 BCE
3. The Classical Age and Early Byzantium, 900 BCE - 800 CE
4. Medieval Europe and the Islamic World, 800-1200
5. Asia, Africa and the Americas, 800 BCE - 1200 CE
6. Renaissance Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1200-1750
7. Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1200-1750
8. The Industrial Revolution: Europe and America, 1750-1830
9. The Age of Exhibitions: Great Britain 1830-1900
10. The Craft Ideal and the Art Movement: Britain and Elsewhere, 1861-1915
11. The Age of Exhibitions: Europe Outside Great Britain, 1830-1900
12. Art Nouveau and the Decorative Impulse, 1890-1914
13. The United States, 1840-1900
14. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 1300-1900
15. Protoindustrialization in Diverse Regions, 1750-1900
16. Colonies and Pre-industrial Nations in Asia and Africa, 1750-1900
17. Modern Design in Europe and America, 1900-1917
18. Art and Literature of the Avant-Gardes, 1897-1918
19. World War I, 1914-1918
