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

本研究的目的是研究1900年左右瑞典家庭环境中精美艺术品（主要是绘画及其制品）的存在，并通过考虑现代家庭，国家和文化改革的当代话语来调查分配给这种视觉艺术类型的角色。具体来说，这些方面将在19世纪后期欧洲文化中出现的内部概念的背景下进行查看，包括对装饰艺术和工艺美术理想的新强调。主要的研究问题是，为什么瑞典的知识分子和艺术家如此积极地推动绘画和其他形式的视觉艺术在国内的设置，为什么他们认为这既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，但该研究询问了这些情绪在瑞典当地是如何发展的，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Ellen Key和艺术历史学家Carl G. Laurin等有影响力的人物的作品为出发点，这项研究探索了瑞典的邻国丹麦，作为Key和Laurin对美的追求的灵感来源，以及他们认为艺术可以对社会各个层面产生的影响。

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.