Nordic Modernism

Nordic Modernism
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Publisher : The Crowood Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9781785002373
ISBN-13 : 1785002376
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Nordic Modernism by : William C Miller

Modernism was instrumental in the development of twentieth and twenty-first century Scandinavian architecture, for it captured a progressive, urbane character that was inextricably associated with, and embraced the social programmes of the Nordic welfare states. Recognized internationally for its sensitivity and responsiveness to place and locale, and its thoughtful use of materials and refined detailing, Nordic architecture continues to evolve and explore its modernist roots. This new book covers the romantic and classical architectural foundations of Nordic modernism; the development of Nordic Functionalism; the maturing and expansion of Nordic modern architecture in the post-war period; international influences on Scandinavian modernism at the end of the twentieth century and finally, the global and local currents found in contemporary Nordic architecture. Superbly illustrated with 100 colour images.

Nordic Modernism

Nordic Modernism
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Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1785002368
ISBN-13 : 9781785002366
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Nordic Modernism by : William Charles Miller

Modernism was instrumental in the development of twentieth and twenty-first century Scandinavian architecture, for it captured a progressive, urbane character that was inextricably associated with, and embraced the social programmes of the Nordic welfare states. Recognized internationally for its sensitivity and responsiveness to place and locale, and its thoughtful use of materials and refined detailing, Nordic architecture continues to evolve and explore its modernist roots. This work covers the romantic and classical architectural foundations of Nordic modernism; the development of Nordic Functionalism; the maturing and expansion of Nordic modern architecture in the post-war period; international influences on Scandinavian modernism at the end of the twentieth century and finally, the global and local currents found in contemporary Nordic architecture.

Modernism in Scandinavia

Modernism in Scandinavia
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9781474224321
ISBN-13 : 1474224326
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Modernism in Scandinavia by : Charlotte Ashby

Scandinavia is a region associated with modernity: modern design, modern living and a modern welfare state. This new history of modernism in Scandinavia offers a picture of the complex reality that lies behind the label: a modernism made up of many different figures, impulses and visions. It places the individuals who have achieved international fame, such as Edvard Munch and Alvar Aalto in a wider context, and through a series of case studies, provides a rich analysis of the art, architecture and design history of the Nordic region, and of modernism as a concept and mode of practice. Modernism in Scandinavia addresses the decades between 1890 and 1970 and presents an intertwined history of modernism across the region. Charlotte Ashby gives a rationale for her focus on those countries which share an interrelated history and colonial past, but also stresses influences from outside the region, such as the English Arts and Crafts movement and the impact of emergent American modernism. Her richly illustrated account guides the reader through key historical periods and cultural movements, with case studies illuminating key art works, buildings, designed products and exhibitions.

Nordic Paths to Modernity

Nordic Paths to Modernity
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780857452702
ISBN-13 : 0857452703
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Nordic Paths to Modernity by : Jóhann Páll Árnason

Within the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centred on the ‘Nordic model’ of the welfare state and its record of adaptation to the changing global environment of the late twentieth century, this volume’s focus goes beyond these themes. The guiding principle here is that a long-term historical-sociological perspective is needed to make sense of the Nordic paths to modernity; of their significant but not complete convergence in patterns, which for some time were perceived as aspects of a model to be emulated in other settings; and of the specific features that still set the five countries in question (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland) apart from one another. The contributors explore transformative processes, above all the change from an absolutistmilitary state to a democratic one with its welfarist phase, as well as the crucial experiences that will have significant implications on future developments.

Nordic and European Modernisms

Nordic and European Modernisms
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Publisher : MDPI
Total Pages : 1
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ISBN-10 : 9783036515236
ISBN-13 : 3036515232
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Nordic and European Modernisms by : Jakob Lothe

This book explores the growth and development of Nordic modernisms in a European context. Concentrating on and yet not limiting itself to the study of literary texts, the book shows that the emergence of modernism in the Nordic countries is linked to, and inspired by, the innovative works published in Western Europe and the USA towards the end of the nineteenth century and in the first decades of the twentieth century. Presenting Nordic art as multi-dimensional and dynamic, it also shows that, while responding to aspects of these innovative works, Nordic modernism itself contributed to modernism as a complex international trend. The plural form “modernisms” in the book’s title indicates that the contributors adopt an understanding of modernism that, while recognizing the importance of the modernist movement between circa 1890 and 1940, is sufficiently elastic to include various forms of extension and continuation of Nordic modernisms in the post-war period. The book shows that the experience of crisis—cultural, political, moral, aesthetic—that underlies modernist artists’ invention of radically new forms of expression was by no means limited to just one country or one identifiable group of writers; nor was it, as modernisms’ global relevance makes clear, restricted to just one continent. At the level of historical reality, the First World War represents the culmination of a crisis which had its beginnings several decades earlier. The Second World War, along with the Holocaust, represents a second culmination of the crisis, and there is, this book suggests, a sense in which the experience of crisis has continued to influence and shape Nordic literature written in the post-war period. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the experience of crisis has increasingly been extended to include a growing uncertainty about the future prompted by the reality of climate change.

Nordic Dawn

Nordic Dawn
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015062895092
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Nordic Dawn by : Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse

Including the substantial contributions made by Finnish women artists, this survey is presented in colour. It features: more than two hundred reproductions; bibliography; maps; essays, which explore the fundamental role that art played in shaping a senseof national identity, in fin-de-siecle Finland; and the Lake Keitele by a Finnish artist.

Nordic Light

Nordic Light
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0500291373
ISBN-13 : 9780500291375
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Nordic Light by : Henry Plummer

Imparts a true sense of the magical light that has shaped great buildings in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

Luminous Modernism

Luminous Modernism
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0971949379
ISBN-13 : 9780971949379
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Luminous Modernism by : Patricia G. Berman

"Patricia G. Berman, coordinating curator and catalogue editor."

A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land

A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land
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Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : 9781783528578
ISBN-13 : 1783528575
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land by : Joshua Abbott

From Barnet to Richmond, explore the history of London's Metro-Land A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land is your essential pocket guide to the modernist architecture of London's suburbs. Inspired by John Betjeman's 1973 documentary Metro-Land and the writing of Ian Nairn, it examines the growth of the city's suburbs from the 1920s up to the present day – a story that is closely interwoven with the development of innovative architecture in Britain – through its most remarkable modernist buildings. Featuring work by architects such as Charles Holden, Erno Goldfinger and Norman Foster, the book covers nine London boroughs and two counties: Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It is designed to help you explore Metro-Land's modernist heritage, featuring short descriptions of each building alongside maps of the areas covered, and more than 100 colour photographs.

A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950

A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 992
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ISBN-10 : 9789004388291
ISBN-13 : 900438829X
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950 by :

A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950 is the first publication to deal with the avant-garde in the Nordic countries in this period. The essays cover a wide range of avant-garde manifestations: literature, visual arts, theatre, architecture and design, film, radio, body culture and magazines. It is the first major historical work to consider the Nordic avant-garde in a transnational perspective that includes all the arts and to discuss the role of the avant-garde not only within the aesthetic field but in a broader cultural and political context: the pre-war and wartime responses to international developments, the new cultural institutions, sexual politics, the impact of refugees and the new start after the war.