Domesticated Paintings: The Role of Fine Art in Swedish Interiors, 1880-1910

本研究的目的是考察1900年前后瑞典家庭环境中美术品（主要是绘画及其复制品）的存在，并通过考虑当代关于现代家庭、国家地位和文化改革的话语来调查赋予这种视觉艺术的角色。具体而言，这些方面将被视为在内部出现的背景下，作为一个概念，在晚世纪欧洲文化，包括新的重点放在装饰艺术和工艺美术的理想。主要的研究问题是，为什么瑞典知识分子和艺术家如此积极地促进绘画和其他形式的视觉艺术在国内的设置，为什么他们认为这是一个社会和道德的任务，以及他们如何努力实现他们的目标。此外，虽然英国和法国有一些先例，但这项研究询问了这些情绪是如何在瑞典当地发展起来的，从而激发了对研究瑞典艺术和设计历史的替代模式的探索。以瑞典作家艾伦·基和艺术史学家卡尔·G·卡耐基等有影响力的人物的著作为出发点。劳林，这项研究探讨瑞典的邻国丹麦作为一个可能的灵感来源的关键和劳林'squest的美丽和影响，他们认为艺术可以对社会的各个层面。

The aim of this research is to examine the presence of fine art objects (primarily paintings andreproductions thereof) in Swedish domestic settings around 1900, and to investigate the role assigned tothis type of visual art by considering contemporary discourses on the modern home, nationhood andcultural reform. Specifically, these aspects will be viewed within the context of the emergence of theinterior as a concept in late-nineteenth-century European culture, including the new emphasis placed onthe decorative arts and on Arts and Crafts ideals. The main research question is why Swedishintellectuals and artists so actively promoted the inclusion of paintings and other forms of visual art indomestic setting, why they conceived this as both a social and moral task, and how they worked towardthe realisation of their goal. Furthermore, while there are some precedents set by Britain and France, thestudy asks how these sentiments were developed locally in Sweden, thereby instigating an exploration ofalternative models for researching Swedish art and design histories. Taking its point of departure in thewritings by influential figures like the Swedish writer Ellen Key and art historian Carl G. Laurin, this studyexplore Sweden's neighbouring country Denmark as a likely source of inspiration for Key and Laurin'squest for beauty and the impact they believed art could have on all levels of society.