Arne Jacobsen

by Jacobsen, Arne; Kjeldsen, Kjeld; Tojner, Poul Erik

• ISBN13: 9788790029746
• ISBN10: 8790029747
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Danish designer and architect Arne Jacobsen would have been one hundred years old in 2002, and Absolutely Moderntakes this centennial celebration as a wonderful excuse to look back on and also forward to his oeuvre and legacy. Jacobsen's most distinguishing characteristic was arguably his preoccupation with the Gesamtkunstwerk, with wanting to do it all, to apply design to everything, from the cellar to the roof, from silverware to the National Bank. Absolutely Modernlooks at the range of objects and buildings he created throughout his career, and invites three international architects--Dominique Perrault, Gigon & Guyer, and Sejima and Nishizawa--to clarify his legacy against the background of their own practices.

Table of Contents

List of Lenders	p. 5
Preface	p. 6
Arne Jacobsen's Animated Geometry	p. 8
Jacobsen's Lightness of Being	p. 14
A World unto Itself - Jacobsen and the Idea of the Gesamtkuknstwerk	p. 20
The SAS House: Jacobsen's Lost Gesamtkunstwerk	p. 44
The Image as Fragment - Anne Jacobsen and Josef Frank	p. 50
See You Later! - Arne Jacobsen's Photographs	p. 56
Tonalities - Weightlessness, Patterns, Botany	p. 60
Modern Design Icons	p. 72
Journeys and References: Denmark, Jacobsen and Spain	p. 76
In a Silent Way - the Architects Gigon/Guyer	p. 82
Dominique Perrault	p. 86
SANAA - Sejima, Nishizawa + Associates	p. 90
Arne Jacobsen: Biography	p. 94
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