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Fun and informative for grade schoolers.......2002-11-12
You can tell the difference between someone who has studied history and writes a children's book and someone who hasn't a clue how to find information. Unfortunately, Macdonald doesn't provide a bibliography at all or address where she got her information so I had to take off one star. However, her information seems quite solid and I love the way the book is laid-out with the life journey of one woman into slavery and her experiences there. There are obviously several of the less pleasant things left out of this book such as sexual slavery, but it did contain more reality than I had expected for a book at this level. The sidenotes are great and they actually give you the advice the cover of the book promises. There are also hints for the younger audience that things are not simple, even something they've been taught is an evil, is actually quite varied and complicated by gender, race, age, skill, and personality.
Any woman in history.......2001-12-13
This is an informational story about you, as a mother, living near the Black Sea in the 5th century B.C. in a Scythian Tribe. You are captured by the Greeks, separated from your family, and sold in Athens. The story gives a detailed description of the typical life of a slave woman in Greece. Some tips for you to remember: "Forget about your family because you will probably never see them again. Work hard if you want your owner to treat you well. Be nice to your owner's eldest son - one day he'll become your master. Improve your cooking, or your owner won't feed you at all. Don't get caught trying to escape - you will be punished or sold." The book has great pictures and a lot of interesting information presented through a story. This book makes it fun to learn about the life of a female slave because it doesn't feel like you're studying! This is a good book to read aloud to primary students and have in the classroom library for students up to the intermediate level.
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In the middle of the twentieth century, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, four countries with a total population no larger than New York City, impacted the world of design to a degree never before seen and unlikely to be repeated. Scandinavian Modern design already had a solid domestic audience, and the Post-World War II American consumer was ready for the distinctive style and the fine quality it offered. With a focus on more than 60 designers, this extensively researched book presents the furniture and household objects especially those of wood and metal. of the Scandinavian Modern style, beginning in the 1930s and culminating in the 1970s. Hundreds of photographs and a comprehensive introduction, historical timeline, and appendices of furniture makers and designers, distributors, and sources are included. Detailed captions with current prices, a large bibliography, and an index make this book a valuable reference and a must for all collectors, dealers, and researchers of Scandinavian design.
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Traditional decorative arts meet contemporary living in the Scandinavian interiors of Sigmund Aarseth.
`Painted Rooms' presents an impressive variety of beautifully painted interiors, from colorful traditional Norwegian farmhouses to exciting commercial interiors. The book shows the innovation, experimentation and individuality which has always been an important part of the Norwegian psyche. It also documents a renewed demand for colorful, decorated rooms in Norway.
The broad range of styles and techniques featured in this book makes it a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in interiors, decorative arts or Scandinavian lifestyles and traditions. It is also an indispensable reference book for decorative artists, interior designers and crafts people of any discipline.
Contains more than 200 color photographs by Gudmund Aarseth
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Learning Rosemaling with Jocasta Innes.......2004-01-24
Simply Scandinavian is a 1991 workbook, with pull out and trace pattern sheets and blue chalked transfer paper for tracing the patterns onto furniture pieces. The blue may be washed off with water after painting is complete. Teaches beginners to paint in the Scandinavian tradition, suggesting types of paint, colors, tips for steadying the brush for large swirls, producing dry brush highlights, and personalizing your creation with initials and date. Jocasta Innes' simplified process of painting allows you to follow the steps of itinerant Scandiavian painters who were self taught and repeated the same simple designs in different combinations and colors to enliven winter interiors. Enjoy!
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From IKEA to Workbench, Scandinavian home design is more popular than ever. "Scandinavian Living" traces the fascinating development of the Scandinavian style, and introduces the most important designers and their work, such as Poul Kjaerholm of Denmark and Eero Aarnio fo Finland. Magnus Englund and Chrystina Schmidt offer up their professional expertise while exploring some of the most interesting homes in Scandinavia. Andrew Wood's stylish photography showcases real interiors, including those owned by celebrated designers. *Explores the relaxed comfort, unpretentious simplicity, and easy elegance of the modern Scandinavian home. *Over 80,000 copies sold in hardcover.
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Modern Scandinavian architecture at its best.......2006-06-12
I love Scandinavian architecture, both traditional and modern. This book has well done photographs of some of the most simply eloquent modern Scandinavian homes. It makes you want to live in one of these most appealing dwellings. Every so often I look through the book once more and enjoy the beautifully photographed exteriors and interiors of the homes all over again.
200+ Pictures of Functional and Beautiful Interiors........2004-07-26
The first time I went to Scandinavia, I arrived in Helsinki late in the evening. I went to my hotel, and in the first few minutes I understood what was so special about Scandinavian design. The otherwise ordinary hotel room stood out as one of the best I have ever seen. It was not a tremendously expensive hotel, rather middle of the road. But simple things: the door, the faucets in the bathroom, the furniture, all were so much more elegant looking than what we find in the United States.
Now I'm in the process of designing a house. I went looking for a book on interior design that would reflect what I had seen there. I found several, but this one shows more elements of design that reflect what I like. Simple things, like an office table. Easy enough to find, once I knew what I was looking for. A bed: simple, elegant, and better looking than anything I've seen in other publications.
If you're looking for something for yourself or if you're doing a Scandinavian home for a customer I highly recommend this book.
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Nordic Landscape Painting in the Nineteenth Century
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In this richly illustrated book, Torsten Gunnarsson provides for the first time a comprehensive study of landscape painting in Scandinavia during its vital period of development in the nineteenth century. Gunnarsson show how, as Scandinavia searched for a national identity, the magnificent wildernessand the paintings it inspired-- became a symbol of Nordic strength and vigor.
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Scandinavian Country: A Little Sytle Book (A Little Style Book)
ASIN: 0688150969 |
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This book focuses on the art and craft of Scandinavian style, and details in depth the creation of an exquisitely crafted Wisconsin family compound in the style of Swedens great colorist and artist, Carl Larsson. Offering a wealth of ideas and inspiration for anyone with an urge to redecorate, renovate, remodel, or build, Country Living Scandinavias hundreds of photos-taken over the two years it took to create and furnish this family retreat- show people how to replicate this marvelous design style themselves.
Customer Reviews:
A Special House.......2006-09-02
What a visual treat this book was. For anyone that has seen a painting of Carl Larsson's home and fallen in love with the clean lines and colors of Scandinavian interiors, this book carries that love to the next level. Wisconsin native Loran Nordgren created a home using the traditional elements like built-in beds, carving, colors, but added some contemporary conveniences. The books chronicles the planning and construction of the house, but the wealth of photos and design ideas have wide appeal.
Scandinavian Delights.......2004-12-15
I give Mr. Nordgren the owner high credit for the obvious mega $$$ he spent to have his Carl Larsson dream home come to life. However I concur with a prior reviewer that the interior decorating is sub-par with oversized furniture & decorator pieces that evoke a Non-Scandinavian feel that appears to conflict with its authetic Scandinavian backdrop of the houses interior details. If it was my money $$$ I would have sought out correct period Scandinavian antiques or had authentic pieces recreated from scratch with a 100% effort to create the Nordic "look". Would recommend the book as a strong buy with great design ideas throughout.
Fantastic read.......2004-09-21
As a lover of the traditional Scandinavian home style, and the owner of four such homes, I found this book truly helpful in decorating all of them. The authors, including Ms. Sears have such an passionate eye for this unique and gorgeous style.
An American Take on the Swedish Style Home.......2003-06-22
This is an excellent pictoral review of a lovely home recently built in the Wisconsin countryside. The book is full of great ideas for both interior and especially exterior architectural details. As an interior and architectural designer, I have stolen ideas extensively for a Scandinavian style home I am working on which is currently under construction. The house featured in the book is beautifully done, but not for those seeking a subtle take on the Swedish/Scandinavian home. Disneyesque could aptly describe the overall look and feel of the home. This is not to say it does not have a great charm, but it slams its design concepts home with no punches pulled. It is an American interpretation and distillation of Scandinavia.
There are a lot of great ideas for color and design for the built interiors, but I found the interior furnishings and accessories to be ameteurish and do not live up to the professional standard of the architecture that contains it. The furnishings are rather middle of the road contemporary country style and do not suit the carefully orchestrated design concepts of the architectural designer. For instance the sofas are large and clunky, and are upholstered in a bland fabric - none of which would ever been found in a house of this type of traditional Swedish home.
With that caveat I highly recommend the book to those who admire the Scandinavian style and especially to anyone planning to design and build a home in this style.
Scandinavian Interior Design.......2001-12-18
As a folk artist, I am interested in European interior design. My interest in Swedish design lies in the magnificient use of color. This book provided what I needed.
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Let best-selling author Judith Miller show how to create country style anywhere!
* Covers all types of country, from all around the world
* Advice on choosing color, fabric furniture, and much more
* Hundreds of inspiring color photos plus resource
Country living has evolved into an international style that celebrates rural pleasures and the simple life. Relaxed and informal, assured and unpretentious, it offers an appealing refuge from day-to-day stress. In Influential Country Styles, best-selling interiors and antiques author Judith Miller looks at how country traditions from around the world have influenced home décor around the world. All the world's varieties of country style are included, from the rustic simplicity of a spare American Shaker interior, to the comfortable clutter of an English cottage; from the exuberance of a colorful Mediterranean villa to the cool lines of a Scandinavian farmhouse. Origins and development of each style, natural resources and elements used, key characteristics, and textiles, furniture, decorative arts, wall and floor coverings, and more are examined--making each look both easy to understand and easy to re-create in the reader's own home. Miller's informative text, accompanied by full-color photography, celebrates the warmth, simplicity, and spirit of the rural tradition in interior design.
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