Visual Culture in the Built Environment: A Global Perspective provides an integrated survey of global interior
environments and architecture explaining significant design styles and movements from the mid-19th Century to the
present day. In addition to learning the characteristics and designers of a particular style or movement, students
will learn how and why interior environments and architecture develop, including the impact of cultural and political
events. In reflecting the emerging field of Visual Culture studies, this textbook expands upon traditional approaches
to studying the history of interior environments
and architecture by presenting content within the global interdisciplinary context of the arts, politics, technology,
business, and economics.