Finnish Modern Design : Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-97

Finnish Modern Design : Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-97

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Book Description
This beautiful book examines the design achievements of Finland over the last seven decades, focusing on the central and decisive role played by Modernism. It discusses the work of such renowned architects and designers as Alvar Aalto and Kaj Franck, as well as of manufacturers including Arabia and Marimekko.

Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-97,Marianne Aav,Nina Stritzler-Levine,Yale University Press,0300075049,20th century,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General,Design,Design - General,European,Exhibition Catalogs,Exhibitions,Finland,History,Interior Design - General,Modernism (Art),Architecture,Ceramic arts, pottery, glass,Gold & silversmithing,History Of Art / Art & Design Styles,Industrial / Commercial Art & Design,Inter-war period, 1918-1939,Jewellery & jewellery-making,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000,Second World War, 1939-1945,Textile arts

Book Contents:

1. Flowers and Leaves
2. Frederik II and the Protestant Cause: Denmark's Role in the Wars of Religion, 1559-1596 (The Northern World, V. 10)
3. Gaiamancy : Creating Harmonious Environments
4. George Walton, designer and architect
5. Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl: Der Ursprung Des Begriffes Der Besten Aller Moglichen Welten in Der Metaphysik Der Willensfreiheit Zwischen Antonio Perez S.J. ... Und G.W. le (Studies of Religion in Africa,)
6. Heralds of That Good Realm: Syro-Mesopotamian Gnosis and Jewish Traditions (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies)
7. Historia and Fabula: Myths and Legends in Historical Thought from Antiquity to the Modern Age (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
8. Im Licht Der Traditionen: Psalm 67 Und 115, Ein Entwicklungszusammenhang (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)
9. Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society: The Case of the 1990's Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology)
10. Index to Periodical Literature for the Study of the New Testament (New Testament Tools and Studies)

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