The Decorative Arts of Sweden
Title | The Decorative Arts of Sweden PDF eBook |
Author | Iona Plath |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
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Ironware, textiles, pottery, glass, furniture, wood, rosemaling, folk art from 12th century to present, much modern design. 406 photographs.
Swedish Folk Art
Title | Swedish Folk Art PDF eBook |
Author | Kulturhuset (Stockholm, Sweden) |
Publisher | ABRAMS |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Art |
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This volume celebrates the richness of folk art in Sweden, from traditional peasant art to modern design. It illustrates the many facets of Swedish style and culture, exploring the ways in which Sweden's traditional heritage and contemporary design and decorative arts are connected.
Swedish Wooden Toys
Title | Swedish Wooden Toys PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Fumiko Ogata |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES |
ISBN | 9780300200751 |
The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design and craft traditions. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 200 years of Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs for children. Featuring rattles, full-size rocking horses, dollhouses, and building blocks to skis, sleds, and tabletop games with intricate moving parts, Swedish Wooden Toys also addresses images of Swedish childhood, the role of the beloved red Dala horse in the creation of national identity, the vibrant tradition of educational toys, and the challenges of maintaining craft manufacturing in an era of global mass-production. Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Schedule: Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (06/18/14-01/11/15) Bard Graduate Center March 2015 Stockholm Summer 2015
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Title | The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts PDF eBook |
Author | Gordon Campbell |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 1277 |
Release | 2006-11-09 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0195189485 |
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
Modern Swedish Decorative Art
Title | Modern Swedish Decorative Art PDF eBook |
Author | Nils Gustaf Wollin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1931 |
Genre | Art |
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The Chefs-d'oeuvre: Applied Art: The decorative arts
Title | The Chefs-d'oeuvre: Applied Art: The decorative arts PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Champier |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | Architecture |
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Nationalism and the Nordic Imagination
Title | Nationalism and the Nordic Imagination PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle Facos |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1998-04-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780520206267 |
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Michelle Facos links the social and cultural dynamics in turn-of-the-century Sweden to the discourses of primitivism, nationalism, and symbolism. In the process, she sheds new light on a major area of study, the manifestation of modernism in Sweden. These painters - among them Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn, Bruno Liljefors, and Prince Eugen - sought to produce a specifically national Swedish art. They focused on indigenous history, legends, and folk tales as well as customs, values, geography, and ethnography - anything they perceived as uniquely or typically Swedish. Politically progressive and culturally conservative, the National Romantic artists protested against the dangers they perceived in capitalist industrialism and urban expansion and promoted an egalitarian ideology centered on the Swedish/Nordic native culture.