How to be Modern: Arne Jacobsen in the 21st Century

48 pages, paperback, 210 x 185 mm, 35 illustrations
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ISBN: 1901352145

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By Stephen Hodder, Emily King et al.

 

2002 was the centenary of Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen's birth (1902–1971). The Museum of Modern Art in Oxford celebrated Jacobsen's enduring importance by presenting a new exhibition which aimed to introduce to a wider audience apsects of his work as an architect and designer.

One of Arne Jacobsen's most famous buildings is St Catherine's College in Oxford from 1964–66, and acknowledged as among the most significant buildings of the modern era to be found in Britain. In St Catherine's striking buildings in glass and concrete Jacobsen married modern materials with a traditiona; layout around a quadrangle. As with his other buldings St Catherine was made as a 'Gesamtkunstwerk', with cutlery, furniture, and lampshades being of Jacobsen's own idiosyncratic design.

This book accompanied an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford 20 April – 23 June 2002, curated by Astrid Bowron.