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Author: Saint Louis City Art Museum Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331250220 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 80
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Excerpt from The Swedish Art Exhibition by Christian Brinton: Official Catalogue HE art of the Scandinavian countries is the youngest, in the matter of actual date, in all Europe. It is but a scant century since Sweden, Denmark, and Norway could boast what may be termed a native school. The comparative re moteness of the Peninsula from the Continent, the barrier of unfamiliar language, and kindred causes conspired for a considerable period to keep these nations isolated from the main cultural cur rents of the age. It was the Swedes who, through the restless lust of conquest, first came into con tact with the outside world, and it is Swedish art which, in point of priority as well as general im portance, claims initial consideration from the student of Scandinavian aesthetic development. Just as it was a German, Holbein, who may be said to have founded English painting, so it was the Hamburger Ehrenstrahl who has been rightly called the father of painting in Sweden. It was in re sponse to the desire for magnificence following the pillage and plunder of the Thirty Years War that such men as the architect Tessin and the portrait and decorative painter Ehrenstrahl placed their respective talents at the service of king and court. The art of the day was regal and pompous. The impressive royal palace and the baroque likenessesof the three Swedish monarchs whom Ehrenstrahl limned alike reflect the pretence of late Renaissance standards of taste. They eloquently typify that militant pride which had been inflated by brilliant Victories upon foreign battle-field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Christian Brinton Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781019706381 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This catalog from the 1921 Swedish Art Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum features over 300 works of art from Sweden, including painting, sculpture, and decorative arts. Edited by Christian Brinton, the catalog includes essays on Swedish art and culture, as well as individual entries on each of the exhibited works. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.