Danish modern : between art and design / Mark Mussari.
By: Mussari, Mark [author]
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Description: x, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474223720 (paperback); 9781474223706 (hardback) .Subject(s): Modernism (Aesthetics) -- Denmark | Design -- Denmark -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 745.409489 Summary: "Danish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960. He considers how Danish designers responded to early Modernist currents: the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930, their rejection of Bauhaus aesthetic demands, their early fealty to wood and materials, and the tension between cabinetmaker craft and industrial production as it challenged and altered their aesthetic approach. Tracing the theoretical foundations for these developments, Mussari discusses the writings and works of such figures as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, Nanna Ditzel, and Finn Juhl"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Danish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960. He considers how Danish designers responded to early Modernist currents: the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930, their rejection of Bauhaus aesthetic demands, their early fealty to wood and materials, and the tension between cabinetmaker craft and industrial production as it challenged and altered their aesthetic approach. Tracing the theoretical foundations for these developments, Mussari discusses the writings and works of such figures as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, Nanna Ditzel, and Finn Juhl.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-178) and index.
"Danish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960. He considers how Danish designers responded to early Modernist currents: the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930, their rejection of Bauhaus aesthetic demands, their early fealty to wood and materials, and the tension between cabinetmaker craft and industrial production as it challenged and altered their aesthetic approach. Tracing the theoretical foundations for these developments, Mussari discusses the writings and works of such figures as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, Nanna Ditzel, and Finn Juhl"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Illustrations (p. viii)
- Acknowledgements (p. xi)
- Note on Translations (p. xii)
- Introduction: Subject and Object (p. 1)
- 1 A History of Ideas: Constructing Danish Modern (p. 9)
- 2 Tradition and/or Modernism: Kaare Klint and Poul Henningsen (p. 29)
- 3 On Chairness: Platonics and Tectonics (p. 47)
- 4 Sculpting Articulations: Finn Juhl in 1949 (p. 63)
- 5 Weaving Abstractions: Vibeke Klint and Lis Ahlmann (p. 77)
- 6 Hegelian Reading: Designing Community in the SAS Royal Hotel (p. 91)
- 7 The Happening: Making Modern Contemporary (Again) (p. 109)
- 8 Minimal Connections: Design as Art/Art as Design (p. 123)
- 8 Thematizing Danish Modern: The Arts of Denmark Exhibition (p. 137)
- 10 Viking Bracelets and Steampunk Eggs: Invariance or Timelessness? (p. 151)
- 11 Conclusion: Danish (Meta)Modern (p. 167)
- Select Bibliography (p. 173)
- Index (p. 179)