A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925 (Avant-Garde Critical Studies, 28)

A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925 is the first publication to deal with the avant-garde in the Nordic countries at the start of the twentieth century. The essays cover a wide range of avant-garde manifestations in arts and culture: literature, the visual arts, painting as well as photography, architecture and design, film, radio, and performing arts like music, theatre and dance. It is the first major historical work to consider the Nordic avant-garde in a transnational perspective which includes all the arts and to discuss the role of the avant-garde not only within the aesthetic field, but in a broader cultural context. It examines the social and cultural context of the avant-garde: its media, its locations, its reception and audiences, the transmissions between Scandinavia and Europe, and its cultural consequences. The essays trace the connections between the avant-garde and the cultural discourses of contemporary currents such as revolutionary socialism, radical nationalism and occultism, and discuss questions of gender, ideology and politics, geographical location and technological innovation. The cultural history thus focuses on the role of the avant-garde in shaping the ideas of cultural modernity in the Nordic countries. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Introduction The Early Twentieth Century Avant-Garde and the Nordic Countries – An Introductory tour d’horizon Nordic Icons in the European Avant-Gardes Rebels and Renegades – Strindberg, Artaud and the Avant-Garde Munch’s Impact on Europe Die Asta and the Avant-Garde “the manifold in one / and the one manifold” – Asta Nielsen as an Icon for the European Avant-Garde Nordic Artists in the European Metropolises Nordic Writers and Artists in Paris before, during and after World War I Académie Matisse and its Relevance in the Life and Work of Sigrid Hjertén Jean Börlin and Les Ballets Suédois “From the North comes the light to us!” – Scandinavian Artists in Friedrichshagen at the Turn of the Century Berlin and the Swedish Avant-Garde – GAN, Nell Walden, Viking Eggeling, Axel Olson and Bengt Österblom Icelandic Artists in the Network of the European Avant-Garde – The Cases of Jón Stefánsson and Finnur Jónsson Locations of the Nordic Avant-Garde The Avant-Garde and the Market Promoting the Young – Interactions between the Avant-Garde and the Swedish Art Market 1910-1925 The Avant-Garde and the Danish Art Market Art Metropolis for a Day – Copenhagen during World War I Kandinsky in Sweden – Malmö 1914 and Stockholm 1916 The National and the International in Ultra (1922) and Quosego (1928) Avant-Garde Encounters on Karelian Bedrock (1890s-1930s) The Pavilion of De 14 flamman Copenhagen Swordplay – Avant-Garde Manoeuvres and the Aesthetics of War in the Art Magazine Klingen (1917-1920) Dada Copenhagen Transmission, Appropriations and Responses The Reception of the Early European Avant-Gardes in Sweden Pär Lagerkvist’s Literary Art and Pictorial Art The Finland-Swedish Avant-Garde Moments Danish Expressionism Avant-Gardism Danish Style – Jais Nielsen as a Modern Genre Painter 1916-18 Jóhannes Kjarval’s Appropriation of Progressive Attitudes in Painting between 1917 and 1920 The Modern Breakthrough in Swedish and Scandinavian Art Music Dancing across Copenhagen Politics, Ideology, Discourse Avant-Garde Activism – The Case of the New Student Society in Copenhagen (1922-24) Finnish Nationalism and the Avant-Garde Multilingualism and (De)territorialisation in the Works of Elmer Diktonius Hilma af Klint and the New Art of Seeing Art as a Revolutionary Dionysian Jaguar – Otto Ville Kuusinen, Elmer Diktonius and the Emergence of Avant-Garde Poetry in Finland The Early Avant-Garde in Iceland Epilogue Legacies of the Early Nordic Avant-Gardes Abstracts Index Bl.a. om danske forhold: The Avant-Garde and the Danish Art Market/Vibeke Petersen, s. 291-298 - Art Metropolis for a Day - Copenhagen during World War I/Dorthe Aagesen, s. 299-324 - Copenhagen Swordplay - Avant-Garde Manoeuvres and the Aesthetics of War in the Art Magazinne 'Klingen' (1917-1920)/Bjarne S. Svendsen, s. 391-400 - Dada Copenhagen/Torben Jelsbak, s. 401-416 - Danish Expressionism/Per Staunbjerg og Torben Jelsbakj, s. 463-480 - Avant-Gardism Danish Style - Jais Nielsen as a Modern Genre Painter 1916-18/Lennart Gottlieb, s. 481-90 - Dancing Across Copenhagen/Karen Vedel, s. 511-30 - Avant-Garde Activism - The Case of the New Student Society in Copenhagen (1922-24)/Torben Jelsbak, s. 541-56 Edited By Hubert Van Den Berg, Irmeli Hautamäki, Benedikt Hjartarson, Torben Jelsbak, Rikard Schönström, Per Stounbjerg, Tania Ørum, Dorthe Aagesen ; Editorial Assistant, Marianne Ølholm. A Cultural History Of The Avant-garde In The Nordic Countries Vol. 1--series Title Page. A Cultural History Of The Avant-garde In The Nordic Countries Is Conceived As A Four Volume Work ...--preface. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.