Search for dissertations about: "Contemporary Art"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 133 swedish dissertations containing the words Contemporary Art.

  2. 16. A Matter of Amusement : The Material Culture of Philipp Hainhofer’s Games in Early Modern Princely Collections

    Author : Greger Sundin; Johan Eriksson; Johan Cederlund; Lars Ljungström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philipp Hainhofer; Augsburg; Kunstkammer; art cabinet; material culture studies; late Renaissance games; early modern games; boardgames; card games; Ulrich Baumgartner; Gustavus Adolfus art cabinet; Pomeranian art cabinet; games casket; Duke August II of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Gustavus Selenus; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Abstract : Games were important to the Augsburg art agent Philipp Hainhofer (1578-1647), and this ludic category was included in most of his art cabinets, procured over period of thirty years during the first half of the seventeenth century. It offered amusement (Kurzweil) as part of an overall ambition for the cabinets to be of service and use (“nutzen vnd dienst”). READ MORE

  4. 17. The Visible and the Invisible : Color Contrast Phenomena in Space

    Author : Gertrud Olsson; Jadwiga Krupinska; Henrik Oxvig; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; color in architecture; color theory; color phenomena; simultaneous contrast; simultané; afterimage; transparency; material and immaterial; color mixture; light-colors; Art; Konstvetenskap; Architecture; Arkitektur;

    Abstract : This study deals with the changes in color that arise in space, primarily simultaneous contrast in three dimensions. The typical account of simultaneous contrast is that the contrast phenomenon occurs between two or more color surfaces seen together, thus affecting one another. READ MORE

  5. 18. Making in Context : Reconsidering Anders Zorn's Oil Painting Practice

    Author : Emma Jansson; Sabrina Norlander Eliasson; Anna Bortolozzi; Jorgen Wadum; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Anders Zorn; oil painting; technical art history; technical analysis; materiality; material culture; conservation science; nineteenth century; juste milieu; modernism; modernity; Impressionism; Paris Salon; secessionism; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Abstract : Anders Zorn is one of the most well-known Swedish artists of the late nineteenth century. Born 1860 in the Dalecarlian town of Mora, the artist’s works were renowned and sought-after during his lifetime, both at home and abroad. READ MORE

  6. 19. "En Minerva för vår Nord" : Lovisa Ulrika som samlare, uppdragsgivare och byggherre : [queen Lovisa Ulrika, her collections and commissions of art and architecture]

    Author : Merit Laine; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; Drottningholm; Fredrikshov; Svartsjö; Lovisa Ulrika; Adolf Fredrik; Carl GustafTessin; Patronage; Collecting; Architectural History; Garden History; Chinoiserie; Portraiture; Age of Liberty; Konstvetenskap; Art; Konstvetenskap; historia; History;

    Abstract : Lovisa Ulrika's activities within the fields of art and architecture comprised extensive collectingand interior decoration, buildings and gardens at the Royal Palaces of Drottningholm, Svartsjö andFredrikshov. These are described in some detail in this study, but the main purpose is to establishher intentions and how she perceived her role as a builder, collector and patron of the arts. READ MORE

  7. 20. Three or Four Ir/relevant Stories : Art and Hyper-Politics

    Author : Behzad Khosravi Noori; Magnus Bärtås; Helene Frichot; Boris Buden; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 1. Microhistory; 2. Itinerancy; 3. Global South; 4. Monument; 5. Contemporary history; 6. Public art; 7. Non-Aligned Movement; 8. Iran. 9. Zagreb Film; 10. Animation.; Art; Technology and Design; Konst; teknik och design;

    Abstract : This book documents and reflects on three artistic projects and their processes. As a “marginalia” to the projects I also presents arguments, stories and ir/ relevant discourses. What I call marginalia extends to aspects of a historical backdrop of these three projects and the stories behind them. READ MORE