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The twentieth century was characterized by an obsession with the impulse to be "modern." New times demanded new ideologies and models of social organization that in turn stimulated new forms of art, architecture, photography, film, and design. This beautiful book examines how modernity was expressed in Sweden during the twentieth century. More than two hundred illustrations document the work of artists, photographers, industrialists, designers, and architects whose ideas and practices, rooted within modernism and the modern movement, became a part of the vital heritage for which Sweden is still renowned. The contributors to the volume discuss the impulses behind modernism, the concepts attached to it, and its expression in a variety of media. They consider the work of those artists who at the beginning of the century ventured out to the great European centers, Paris and Berlin, as well as those who stayed at home to depict a society in transition. They also look closely at the work of architects who shaped Swedish functionalism, of designers who created new consumer goods, industrial designs, and unique objects, and of photographers who added their own unique perspectives to the ch

Author

Cecilia Widenheim; Henning Koch; Sylvester Mazzarella; David McDuff

Publisher

New Haven: For the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, by Yale University Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300093599

Subjects

Art, History, Arts