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Pompeii in Stockolm : A focus on content

Leander Touati, Anne-Marie LU (2016) In Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Rom 62. p.123-150
Abstract
The article treats the experience of Swedish designers, architects and sculptors, who travelled to Pompeii over some 200 years, from the 1760s to the 1920s, and their subsequent appropriation of the Pompeian idiom for creations in Stockholm and surroundings. It puts forth that the kind of premises found appropriate for decorations in Pompeian derivation varied over time, from Royal pleasure houses, sculptors' showrooms to bourgeois homes and apartment houses and, finally, to popular entertainment rooms. It argues that the Pompeian idiom in its Swedish translation was associated early with modernist ideas and later on with socially aware contents.
Abstract (Swedish)
The article treats the experience of Swedish designers, architects and sculptors, who travelled to Pompeii over some 200 years, from the 1760s to the 1920s, and their subsequent appropriation of the Pompeian idiom for creations in Stockholm and surroundings. It puts forth that the kind of premises found appropriate for decorations in Pompeian derivation varied over time, from Royal pleasure houses, sculptors' showrooms to bourgeois homes and apartment houses and, finally, to popular entertainment rooms. It argues that the Pompeian idiom in its Swedish translation was associated early with modernist ideas and later on with socially aware contents.
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keywords
Reception, appropriations, discourses, designs, travelers, Villa Byström, Rånäs Place, Haga Pavilion, Scandia-teatern, Metropol Palais, Asplund, Milles
host publication
Returns to Pompeii : Interior space and decoration documented and revived 18th-20th century - Interior space and decoration documented and revived 18th-20th century
series title
Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Rom
editor
Hales, Shelley and Leander Touati, Anne-Marie
volume
62
pages
123 - 150
publisher
Svenska institutet i Rom
ISSN
0081-993X
ISBN
978-91-7042-183-9
project
The Swedish Pompeii Project
language
English
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yes
additional info
Text accompanied by 36 illustrations
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44fae71a-faa5-477b-b70f-97e48255e5cc
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2017-07-01 19:41:37
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2018-11-21 21:33:09
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  author       = {{Leander Touati, Anne-Marie}},
  booktitle    = {{Returns to Pompeii : Interior space and decoration documented and revived 18th-20th century}},
  editor       = {{Hales, Shelley and Leander Touati, Anne-Marie}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-7042-183-9}},
  issn         = {{0081-993X}},
  keywords     = {{Reception; appropriations; discourses; designs; travelers; Villa Byström; Rånäs Place; Haga Pavilion; Scandia-teatern; Metropol Palais; Asplund; Milles}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{123--150}},
  publisher    = {{Svenska institutet i Rom}},
  series       = {{Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Rom}},
  title        = {{Pompeii in Stockolm : A focus on content}},
  volume       = {{62}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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