4/26/2024 6:56:14 AM	INDE 62.1 Course Outline as of Fall 1999	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  INDE 62.1	Title:  HISTORY OF FURNITURE 1
Full Title:  History of Furniture 1
Last Reviewed:9/25/2023

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  INDE 62

Catalog Description:

A major overview of furniture styles of Europe and North America. Representative furniture, historical backgrounds and significant designers from antiquity through the twentieth century.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A major overview of furniture styles of Europe & North America. Representative furniture, historical backgrounds & significant designers from antiquity through the twentieth century.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 2018	Inactive:
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C1	Arts		Fall 2019
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1992	Inactive:	Summer 2007
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The student will be able to:

1.   Recognize period furniture and identify the country of origin for

    each piece.

2.   List the distinguishing features of furniture from Egypt, Greece,

    Rome, Byzantine and Hispanic, Italian and Gothic styles.

3.   List the distinguishing features of furniture from Early to Late

    Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Regency, Directoire, Neoclassic &

    Empire and Tudor periods.

4.   Describe the Elizabethean, Jacobean, William & Mary, Queen Anne and

    Georgian styles in England.

5.   List the distinguishing features of furniture of Chippendale,

    Hepplewhite, Sheraton, and the Adams brothers.

6.   Describe the differences between Colonial, Early American, American

    Georgian, and Federal furniture.

7.   List the main features of furniture in the 20th century styles.

8.   Prepare a glossary file illustrating furniture styles, fabrics, wall

    coverings, lighting fixtures and accessories that relate to each

    other.

Topics and Scope

1.   Historical furniture review

    A. Highlight main features, shapes, symbols, wood

    B. Dates-start and ending (according to Sherrill Winton)

    C. Distinguishing characteristics of each period for use in

       identifying furniture styles.

       1.  Egyptians

       2.  Greece

       3.  Rome

       4.  Byzantine

       5.  Hispanic

       6.  Italian

       7.  Gothic

       8.  Early to late Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Regency,

           Directoire, Neo classical and Empire periods (France)

       9.  Tudor, Elizabethean, Jacobean, William and Mary, Queen  Anne

           and Georgian Styles (England)

      10.  Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Adams

      11.  Colonial, Early American, American Georgian, Federal Period

           styles (America)

2. Review of key furniture designers of 20th century styles.

           a.  Gebruder Thonet

           b.  William Morris

           c.  Ernest Grimson

           d.  Charles Mackintosh

           e.  Gerritt Rietveld

           f.  Mies Van der Rohe

           g.  Marcel Breuers

           h.  Alvor Aalto

           i.  Charles Eames

           j.  Hans Wegner

           k.  Modular - Italian Design

Assignments:

1.  Notebook

2.  Glossary File - Furniture Styles

3.  Reference Readings

4.  Quizzes

5.  Midterm and Final Exam

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 30%
Written homework, NOTEBOOK/GLOSSARY
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 15 - 30%
Quizzes, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 15 - 30%
GLOSSARY
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 15%
Multiple choice, Matching items, Completion, SHORT ESSAY
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Sherrill Whiton, Interior Decoration, 1998 (2nd. Edition), J.B. Lippencott

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