Chapter 7. Rupture. Ideological, aesthetic, and educational transformations in Danish picturebooks around 1933
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Nina Christensen
Abstract
This chapter discusses the sources of influence on progressive Danish picturebooks from the 1930s and 1940s. The impact of Russian avant-garde books is described, followed by a discussion of the terms ‘Modernism’ and ‘avant-garde’. Four picturebooks are analyzed with a focus on new elements related to visual expression, ideological content, verbal expression, and the image of the child. The conclusion is that picturebook creators were inspired by a number of sources, leading to the beginning of a new era of picturebook creation in Scandinavia that is too complex to be summarized in one word.
Abstract
This chapter discusses the sources of influence on progressive Danish picturebooks from the 1930s and 1940s. The impact of Russian avant-garde books is described, followed by a discussion of the terms ‘Modernism’ and ‘avant-garde’. Four picturebooks are analyzed with a focus on new elements related to visual expression, ideological content, verbal expression, and the image of the child. The conclusion is that picturebook creators were inspired by a number of sources, leading to the beginning of a new era of picturebook creation in Scandinavia that is too complex to be summarized in one word.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Table of figures vii
- Introduction 1
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Vanguard tendencies since the beginning of the twentieth century
- Chapter 1. John Ruskin and the mutual influences of children’s literature and the avant-garde 19
- Chapter 2. Einar Nerman – From the picturebook page to the avant-garde stage 45
- Chapter 3. Sándor Bortnyik and an interwar Hungarian children’s book 65
- Chapter 4. The forgotten history of avant-garde publishing for children in early twentieth-century Britain 89
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The Impact of the Russian avant-garde
- Chapter 5. The square as regal infant 113
- Chapter 6. The 1929 Amsterdam exhibition of early Soviet children’s picturebooks 137
- Chapter 7. Rupture. Ideological, aesthetic, and educational transformations in Danish picturebooks around 1933 171
- Chapter 8. Mirror images 189
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Postbellum avant-garde children’s books
- Chapter 9. Manifestations of the avant-garde and its legacy in French children’s literature 217
- Chapter 10. Just what is it that makes Pop Art picturebooks so different, so appealing? 241
- Chapter 11. Surrealism for children 267
- About the editors and contributors 285
- Subject Index 289
- Name Index 293
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Table of figures vii
- Introduction 1
-
Vanguard tendencies since the beginning of the twentieth century
- Chapter 1. John Ruskin and the mutual influences of children’s literature and the avant-garde 19
- Chapter 2. Einar Nerman – From the picturebook page to the avant-garde stage 45
- Chapter 3. Sándor Bortnyik and an interwar Hungarian children’s book 65
- Chapter 4. The forgotten history of avant-garde publishing for children in early twentieth-century Britain 89
-
The Impact of the Russian avant-garde
- Chapter 5. The square as regal infant 113
- Chapter 6. The 1929 Amsterdam exhibition of early Soviet children’s picturebooks 137
- Chapter 7. Rupture. Ideological, aesthetic, and educational transformations in Danish picturebooks around 1933 171
- Chapter 8. Mirror images 189
-
Postbellum avant-garde children’s books
- Chapter 9. Manifestations of the avant-garde and its legacy in French children’s literature 217
- Chapter 10. Just what is it that makes Pop Art picturebooks so different, so appealing? 241
- Chapter 11. Surrealism for children 267
- About the editors and contributors 285
- Subject Index 289
- Name Index 293
