What are some essential books to read in order to learn about

lol if u want to learn about enterior design go look at a wall or a chair u idiot

>>9057451

I'm looking at my kitchen wall and chairs and I'm not learning, help

>>9057250
If you haven't read the fountainhead you might as well quit now

>>9057721
Start with the Greek chairs and walls.

>>9057250
oxford history of art has a few texts on architecture
probably a good primer

also The Fountainhead

>>9057250
Vitruvius.

>>9057250
Dunno, but the guy in 500 Days of Summer gave The Architecture of Happiness to Zooey Deschanel, so maybe that.

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>>9057250
how fucking pleb can you be, /lit/?
i swear to fucking god.

start here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Shadows

>>9057250
I don't remember any titles, but these are important:
The Greeks (I'm not being funny), Gothic, Bauhaus, Eileen Gray. These were the subjects we focused on when I learned design and art history.

>>9057250
http://oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/search?sticky=true&type=document&q=architecture+and+design&module_0=obo-9780190280024&module_1=obo-9780199846733&module_2=obo-9780199827251&module_3=obo-9780199766567&module_4=obo-9780199920105&module_5=obo-9780199730414&module_6=obo-9780195393361&module_7=obo-9780199846719&module_8=obo-9780195393521&module_9=obo-9780199791231&module_10=obo-9780199920082&module_11=obo-9780199791286&module_12=obo-9780195389661&module_13=obo-9780199756841&module_14=obo-9780195396607&module_15=obo-9780199830060&module_16=obo-9780199756810&module_17=obo-9780199363445&module_18=obo-9780199941728&module_19=obo-9780199874002&module_20=obo-9780195399318&module_21=obo-9780199796953&module_22=obo-9780199743292&module_23=obo-9780195390155&module_24=obo-9780199840731&module_25=obo-9780199766581&module_26=obo-9780199913701&module_27=obo-9780199772810&module_28=obo-9780199846740&module_29=obo-9780195396584&module_30=obo-9780199791279&module_31=obo-9780199757824&module_32=obo-9780195396577&module_33=obo-9780199756223&module_34=obo-9780199828340&module_35=obo-9780199756797&module_36=obo-9780195399301&module_37=obo-9780195389678&module_38=obo-9780199756384&module_39=obo-9780199799558