Study On Western Modern Aesthetic Consciousness And Styles Of Interior Design

This article is a study of the aesthetic consciousness and the changing of styles of interior design in the Western world since the middle of 19th century. By diachronic and synchronic research, both the evolution course and trajectory, also the mutual influence between them were explored, hoping that it will be a beneficial reference to the study and practice of interior design in China.With the growing globalization of economy and technology, different trends of Western design concepts are poured into our market. Usually, due to our over concern to the visible form of styles rather than to their inherent evolvement and aesthetic meaning, it became a negative impact to our interior design and formed the present situation of unequal development. It is important to know that any style is not only the comprehensive effect of its social, economical, cultural, technological background and so on, but also the materialistic form of aesthetic consciousness with the characteristic of epoch and region. For this reason it is necessary to implore the causes rather than the form while we study the interior design of the West.The content of this study starts from the British industrial revolution in 19th century to the present can be divided into five periods: from 1850s to 1900s was the aesthetic tendency of Classical Revival, Romanticism, Eclecticism and the impact of the 19^th century new technology; from 1900s to the end of the first world war was the time in search of new styles; between the two world wars was the prevalence of modern aesthetics; from the second world war to 1960s was the "revision" stage; then from 1960s to the present is the development of pluralistic diversity. By using macro-micro method, the author has not only dialectically analyzed the cause and effect between aesthetic consciousness and styles of interior design, but also concluded the courses of evolvement and development. Finally with the analysis of the present stage of interior design in China, the author emphasizes the significance of relationship on aesthetic consciousness and styles of interior design.