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Design History I, 6 credits
Stilhistoria I, 6 hp
TCM004
Main field of study
Furniture Conservation Cabinetmaking Furniture Design UpholsteryCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Johan KnutssonDirector of studies or equivalent
Ulf BrunneEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 hRecommended self-study hours: 112 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
| Course offered for | Semester | Period | Timetable module | Language | Campus | ECV | |
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| 6KMOS | Bachelor's Programme in Furniture Carpentry | 2 (Spring 2017) | 1 | - | Swedish | C | |
| 6KMOD | Bachelor's Programme in Furniture Design | 2 (Spring 2017) | 1 | - | Swedish | C | |
| 6KMOT | Bachelor's Programme in Furniture Upholstery | 2 (Spring 2017) | 1 | - | Swedish | C | |
Main field of study
Furniture Conservation, Cabinetmaking, Furniture Design, UpholsteryCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G1XCourse offered for
- Bachelor's Programme in Furniture Design
- Bachelor's Programme in Furniture Carpentry
- Bachelor's Programme in Furniture Upholstery
Intended learning outcomes
To provide the student with means needed to understand and describe a piece of furniture, its place in time and space; furthermore how it relates to general social conditions, and in what way its form reflects the materials and techniques used, the functional requirements and the individual preferences and skills.
After completing the course the student should be able to:
- discuss age and place of origin of a piece of furniture from the period focused in the course, and some of the methods and sources availible for research in the field of furniture history
- Identify and describe materials and techniques used in furniture making before the age of industrialization, including issues of labour, resources and sustainibility through the ages
- describe in what way the design, materials and techniques of a piece of furniture may be related to general social conditions and cultural context
- describe a piece of furniture correctly and adequately with a vocabulary intended for this
Course content
Art history and furniture culture and its scientific basis. Furniture culture as subject of research and some methods and sources for this. Techniques and materials in furniture making before the age of industrialization. Swedish and European furniture from the middle ages to the 19th century.
Teaching and working methods
Lectures, Seminars, Excursions
Examination
| HEM1 | Written examination | 6 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
,Department
Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingDirector of Studies or equivalent
Ulf BrunneExaminer
Johan KnutssonEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 hRecommended self-study hours: 112 h
Course literature
Kurslitteratur: Edwards, Clive, “Furniture History”, i Conservation of Furniture (ed. Nick Umney & Shayne Rivers, nedladdningsbar) (sid 3-45) Fredlund, Jane (2006). Stilguiden. Möbler och inredning 1700-2000. Stockholm. Prisma (sid 7-143) Hatt, Michael & Klonk, Charlotte (2006). Art History. A critical Introduction to its Methods, Manchester (sid 40-64) Holkers, Märta (2007). De svenska antikviteternas historia. Möbler och föremål 1525-1925. Stockholm. Bonniers (sid 8-239) Knutsson, Johan (1999). ”Nya vägar till gamla föremål. Tankar kring föremålsforskning och slöjdkunskap”, i Den vackra nyttan. Om hemslöjd i Sverige (red. Lundahl, Gunilla). Gidlunds förlag. Nyström, Bengt (red.) (2008). Svenska möbler under femhundra år. Stockholm. Natur & Kulter (sid 10-181; 208-223; 336-346) Referenslitteratur: Gjerdi, Trond (1973). Konstruktion und Form im Tischlerhandwerk, i Ethnologia Scandinavica Knutsson, Johan (2001). Folkliga möbler – tradition och egenart. En stilanalytisk studie av renässans- och barockdrag i den svenska folkliga möbelkonsten. Diss. Stockholm. Nordiska museets förlag Thornton, Peter (1984). Authentic Decor. The Domestic Interior 1620-1920. London| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
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| HEM1 | Written examination | 6 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Course literature is preliminary.
Kurslitteratur:
Edwards, Clive, “Furniture History”, i Conservation of Furniture (ed. Nick Umney & Shayne Rivers, nedladdningsbar) (sid 3-45)
Fredlund, Jane (2006). Stilguiden. Möbler och inredning 1700-2000. Stockholm. Prisma (sid 7-143)
Hatt, Michael & Klonk, Charlotte (2006). Art History. A critical Introduction to its Methods, Manchester (sid 40-64)
Holkers, Märta (2007). De svenska antikviteternas historia. Möbler och föremål 1525-1925. Stockholm. Bonniers (sid 8-239)
Knutsson, Johan (1999). ”Nya vägar till gamla föremål. Tankar kring föremålsforskning och slöjdkunskap”, i Den vackra nyttan. Om hemslöjd i Sverige (red. Lundahl, Gunilla). Gidlunds förlag.
Nyström, Bengt (red.) (2008). Svenska möbler under femhundra år. Stockholm. Natur & Kulter (sid 10-181; 208-223; 336-346)
Referenslitteratur:
Gjerdi, Trond (1973). Konstruktion und Form im Tischlerhandwerk, i Ethnologia Scandinavica
Knutsson, Johan (2001). Folkliga möbler – tradition och egenart. En stilanalytisk studie av renässans- och barockdrag i den svenska folkliga möbelkonsten. Diss. Stockholm. Nordiska museets förlag
Thornton, Peter (1984). Authentic Decor. The Domestic Interior 1620-1920. London
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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