Democratic by Design / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

In the final installment of Andrew Graham-Dixon's journey through Scandinavian art, we arrive in Sweden-home of IKEA and a tradition of brilliant furniture design stretching back to the early years of the 20th century. Sweden has made its modern democratic mission one of comfort and civilized living...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Art of Scandinavia.
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd
Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2016]
Series:Films on Demand.
Art of Scandinavia.
Subjects:
Art and design > Scandinavia.
Scandinavia > Description and travel.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 3 sec.)) : color and sound.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
In the final installment of Andrew Graham-Dixon's journey through Scandinavian art, we arrive in Sweden-home of IKEA and a tradition of brilliant furniture design stretching back to the early years of the 20th century. Sweden has made its modern democratic mission one of comfort and civilized living for the masses, but many would argue that the dream of equality has fallen short. Graham-Dixon examines early 20th century artistic innovations, including Prince Eugen's salons and August Strindberg's works expressing anxiety about modernization. The acceptera manifesto outlined the principles of Functionalism, incorporated into Swedish social housing, and Carl Larsson's water colors nostalgic for rural Scandinavian traditions inspired IKEA's mass produced household items. The Nordic Noir movement revealed cracks in social democracy- echoed by current graffiti, performance, and conceptual artists.
Note:Originally released by BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 16, 2016.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, July 2, 2016)