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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 1107: Political Culture in Medievalism and Historiography in the North

Wednesday 7 July 2021, 11.15-12.45

Organiser:Ralf Palmgren, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture & Art Studies, University of Helsinki
Moderator/Chair:Ralf Palmgren, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture & Art Studies, University of Helsinki
Paper 1107-aBuilding Painted Castles in the Air: Medievalism, Internal Colonisation, and White Fragility in Carl Larsson's Art
(Language: English)
Godelinde Gertrude Perk, Avdelningen för Humaniora, Mittuniversitets, Sundsvall
Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Painting, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Abstract

Paper -a examines Carl Larsson's book illustrations and controversial murals; often showing medieval scenes, they visually redraw contemporary medievalisms, but suffused by similar anxieties about indigeneity and identity as criticisms of his work and fin-de-siecle Scandinavian nationalism generally.