1. 1977, the design history association was established in Britain, which marked that design history was officially separated from the history of decorative art or applied art and became a new discipline. The art history department of the university also provides an independent design history course for students.
2. The most influential western design historians in the 20th century: pevsner and Gideon, who are also great art historians and architectural historians.
Pevsner initiated the study of design history through his Modern Design Pioneer published in 1936. More importantly, he created the concept of design history in the hearts of the public through this work, which further influenced the public's interest and concept in design.
Gideon's study of "the nameless history of technology" introduced the study of design history into a broader cultural research method.
3. Two giants in the art history19th century-
Sambo and riegel. It is these two masters who have made outstanding research in the field of art history, which laid a solid foundation for scholars in the 20th century to finally separate design history from art history.
Semper, the first person who applied Darwinian evolution theory to the study of art history, put forward materialistic art history theory; Riegel, "Decoration Research" and "Artistic Will".
Expansion: Introduction to Art Design
Design has become an independent discipline, which has been summarized and ethically expounded by scholars and is the product since the 20th century. Simply put, design is imagination, operation, planning and budgeting, a creative activity of human beings to achieve a certain purpose, and a material and cultural behavior; Design is a comprehensive professional discipline with the characteristics of both natural science and humanities. Design is a theoretical study of human creative behavior.