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Heritage is HART\u2019s comprehensive atlas of styles, visual cultures, and the history of taste.This section is dedicated to the History of Design, approached both through a clear and accessible overview as presented in our History of Design, quickly explained and through more detailed analyses of the major decorative movements that have structured Western and international design history.Heritage aims to examine the visual cultures and stylistic evolutions that have shaped design over time and that continue to inform contemporary aesthetics and high-end interior practices today. Conceived as a foundational resource, it provides historical context, critical references, and conceptual frameworks essential to the study of design and art histor<\/em>y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here you will find four major pillars: The Big Design History<\/strong>, a synthesis of the History of Classic French & European Decorative Styles<\/strong>, the HART Design Glossary A\u2013Z<\/strong> and the HART Dictionary of Design Icons<\/strong>. Together, they form a mega-guide to the history of art and design<\/strong>, built for future decorators, interior architects and designers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use this page as a reference hub when you prepare a client presentation, define a style, write a concept note or sharpen your eye for historical details in a high-end project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From baroque salons to the radical gestures of postmodernism, this long-form guide retraces the major aesthetic revolutions that shaped our visual environment and our way of inhabiting space. It offers a chronological overview to position a style, a piece of furniture or a project in its historical context<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perfect for building a compelling narrative around a concept, preparing a lesson or understanding in depth the links between form, politics, technology and lifestyles.<\/p>\n\n\n
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