Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Arvidsson, Kristoffer
2. Sundberg, Martin (Art historian)

Description

1. 451 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

1. How has an art collector and patron, two influential museum directors and a Düsseldorf painter influenced our perception of artistic quality? How has the position of naïvism and traditional figurative painting been valued within modernism? Art history, as presented in encyclopaedic works and museum displays, was long regarded as a self-evident selection of the pre-eminent and most outstanding works of art. In recent decades, not only the question of which artists and artworks should be included, but the very concept of the art historical narrative have been challenged. 'The Canon: Perspectives on Swedish Art Historiography' investigates the canonization process in Swedish art history with a focus on the collections and history of the Gothenburg Museum of Art and Norrköpings Konstmuseum. The study relies on various illuminating examples to discuss the Swedish art historical canon and its parameters. These include an art collector and a donor, two influential museum directors, a Düsseldorf painter and the position of naïvism and traditional, figurative painting within modernism. These separated studies provide a range of perspectives on the Swedish canon and the role of museums in the creation and maintenance of the same.

Series statement

1. Skiascope ; 10

Uniform title

1. Skiascope ; 10.

Alternative title

1. Canon : Perspectives on Swedish art historiography

Subject

1. Göteborgs konstmuseum > Art collections
2. Norrköpings konstmuseum > Art collections
3. Göteborgs konstmuseum
4. Norrköpings konstmuseum
5. Art appreciation > Sweden
6. Art appreciation
7. Art museums
8. Sweden

Call number

1. JQF 22-278

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

1. Parallel text in Swedish and English.

Title

1. Kanon : Perspektiv på svensk konsthistorieskrivning = Canon : Perspectives on Swedish art historiography / redaktörer/editors: Kristoffer Arvidsson; Martin Sundberg.

Publisher

1. Göteborg : Göteborgs Konstmuseum, 2021.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Skiascope ; 10
2. Skiascope ; 10.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language

1. Parallel text in Swedish and English.

Added author

1. Arvidsson, Kristoffer, editor.
2. Sundberg, Martin (Art historian), editor.

LCCN

1. 2020488419

ISBN

1. 9789198460155
2. 9198460153

Research call number

1. JQF 22-278
2. JQF 22-278