Furniture Development Trends in the Ancient Era of the First Mankind Civilizations

Abstract

The aim of the study is to determine the development process of the ancient furniture shaping of the first mankind civilizations (3000 BC-XI century BC). Research methods. The research methodological platform is formed on the basis of a comprehensive systematic functional-structural analysis and is based on identifying trends in the furniture shaping development that can affect the modern furniture design. Therefore, to identify trends in the ancient furniture shaping, methods of systematization by features, localization, and comparative approach were used. The last of the three research methods, the comparative method, provided a comparison of the evolution process features of the furniture shaping phenomena of the ancient period. Scientific novelty consists of identifying development trends in the ancient furniture shaping by its features and in fact confirming its dependence on the influence of both the characteristics of the natural and climatic environment, the anthropometric dimensions of a person, and the worldview and value ideas of that time society. Conclusions. Thanks to УДК 7.05:684"-2/-10" ПРИНЦИПИ РОЗВИТКУ ФОРМОТВОРЕННЯ МЕБЛІВ У ЕПОХУ ПЕРШИХ ЦИВІЛІЗАЦІЙ ЛЮДСТВА Валерій Стрілець, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7669-8770 старший викладач кафедри дизайну середовища, Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв,