Skansen: Traditional Swedish Style - Hardcover

Edenheim, Ralph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857590511 ISBN 13: 9781857590517

Publisher: Scala Publishers Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

-- Comprehensive guide to a ground-breaking concept
-- Places traditional Swedish art and architecture in geographical and historical context
-- Beautifully photographed with informative text
-- A reprint of a very successful title

Skansen, the first open-air museum in the world, was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius, who wanted to capture Sweden's history in the broadest possible way, showing traditionally dressed people in authentic houses, among historical objects, in a landscape of meadows, fields and forest. The installations are representative of their area and time and include storehouses, churches, farms, summerhouses and gardens. A walk through Skansen offers visitors the chance to see exteriors and interiors, showing what has been characteristic and typical in Swedish art and architecture. With 150 color photographs and a fascinating text, this book portrays in wonderful detail the unique style of Sweden's cultural history.

About this title

Synopsis

Skansen, the first open-air museum in the world, was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius, who wanted to capture Sweden's history in the broadest and deepest possible way, showing traditionally dressed people in authentic houses, among historical objects, surrounded by cows and sheep in a landscape of meadows, fields and forest. The installations, moved in their entirety to the museum or intricately copied and rebuilt, are representative of their area and their time and include storehouses, churches, farms, summerhouses and gardens. A walk through Skansen offers visitors the chance to see exteriors and interiors, showing what has been characteristic and typical in Swedish art and architecture. Situated on the island of Djurgarden in Stockholm, a site known as Skansen (meaning 'the fort'), this open-air museum attracts thousands of visitors each year and with 150 colour photographs and a fascinating text, this book potrays in wonderful detail the unique style of Sweden's cultural history.

About the Author

Ralph Edenheim is an Art Historian and was head of the Deaprtment of Cultural History at Skansen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scala Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1857590511
• ISBN 13: 9781857590517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128