Country Houses of Sweden
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (811 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3822858684 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. With René as the photographer and Barbara as the writer, they have been collaborating on interior design articles since 1984, contributing to such important magazines as Vogue, The World of Interiors, AD, House Beautiful, House and Garden, Country Living, and Elle. Barbara and René Stoeltie both began their career as artists and gallery owners
A wonderful exploration of design as it relates to culture Not long after I checked this book out from the library, I was wild to own it!The first reviewer is right -- these are not "cutesy" or "quaint" old houses. In poringover the many, many rooms and homes included in this volume, I felt I gained some understanding ofScandinavian design in general. [the following is overly-enthusiastic and probably painful for those who are truly knowledgeable]. Beautiful Book and Wide-ranging This is a beautifully presented publication. Its padded hard cover and thick paper quality are matched by excellent colour photographs.The choices of homes is good: from palaces to simple country cottages. The text for each home is limited because of space for translation into French and German, but its gives a personal background to each building and interior.It has none of the frilly int
Some of these Swedish country houses have been turned into museums, and some are private homes. Here a reader can get lost in placid lakes reflecting unthreatening clouds; a white sunlit room of peeling paint and alluring bookshelves; a dusky bedroom in which the walls are papered with botanical illustrations. And the images aren't only distant shots of interiors; a photograph from the Varpet estate near Stockholm shows jars of freshly made jam on a chipped white countertop. With captions in English, Swedish, and French, this collection of handsome photographs will appeal to world travelers searching for the perfect resting place. Painter Anders Zorn's studio has been preserved exactly as he left it when he died in 1920--his "Zorngarden" is a marvel of gilt-framed mirrors and stunning, somber portraits. Some homes have been modernized, replete with Martha Stewart-
Featuring a castle filled with family treasures, a wood built farm, a forgotten artist's studio built on a cliff by the Baltic and the house in which Astrid Lindgren, the creator of Pippi Longstocking, was born. Part of Taschen's Country Houses series, this book illustrates the magnificence of castles and manor houses of Sweden. Text and poetry praises the land and photographs capture its romance.. Barbara and Rene Stoeltie journeyed through Sweden in search of exceptional houses to write about and photograph