Primary research and analysis       You are asked under-take original research into the history and theory of interiors.  This means that you search for sources in the subject area that are from a particular point in time and constitute first-hand or “immediate” texts written by historical actors in the context of time and place.  One such a source, for example, would be Batty Langley’s Ancient Architecture restored and improved by a great variety of grand and usefull designs, entirely new, in the Gothick mode…(London : s.n., 1742) (Links to an external site.). Another primary source would be Candace Wheeler’s volume Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples, (New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1903).  Once you have found a text, your task is to read it carefully and closely and then to offer analysis of it.  The analysis turns on asking questions of the text (What is its purpose? What were the circumstances of its creation?  What is it saying to its audience? And what are its implications in the context of the creation of interiors). Your essay must be a work of criticism and interpretation (informed, sustained and substantiated). Must use primary resource.