Course Schedule and Reading Assignments
INDES 150  History of Furniture  M, W 7:50-10:00
Week One--September 19 & 21
Introduction, course overview, meaning of furniture, Age of Antiquity, Egyptian, Greek, Roman
Read chapters 1, 2, & 3 in Blakemore and chapter 1 in "World Furniture" on reserve
Week 2--September 26 & 28
Middle Ages--1150-1500 A.D.
Read chapter 4 in Blakemore
Week 3--October 3 & 5
Renaissance Furniture In Europe
Read chapters 5, 6, 7 in Blakemore and pgs. 41-47 in "Period Rooms" on reserve
Week 4--October 10 & 12
Louis XIV and the Regence     Midterm #1 on Wed. Oct. 12
Read chapter 9 & 11 in Blakemore and pgs. 76-85 and 110-113 in "World Furniture"
Week 5--October 17 & 19
Louis XV and Louis XVI
Read chapter 13 in Blakemore and pgs. 114-125 in "World Furniture"
Week 6--October 24 & 26
Directoire and Empire
Read chapter 15 in Blakemore
Week 7--October 31 & November 2
No class Oct. 31      English Baroque--Tudor, Elizabethan, Jacobean, Restoration
Read chapter 10 in Blakemore and pgs. 86-96 in "World Furniture"
Week 8--November 7 & 9
Early Georgian  Midterm #2 Wed. Nov. 9
Read chapter 12 in Blakemore and pgs. 127-137 in "World Furniture"
Week 9--November 14 & 16
Late Georgian and English Neoclassical
Read chapters 14 & 16 in Blakmore and pgs. 138-144 in "World Furniture"
Week 10--November 21 &23
American Periods--Early Colonial, American Georgian, American Federal
Read pgs. 182-200 in "World Furniture" and look at pgs 191-223 in "Period Rooms"
Week 11--November 28 & 30
Catch up and review for final
Timeline due November 30      Final exam December 5, 7:50-10:00 p.m.