Aino and Alvar Aalto : a shared journey : interpretations of an everyday modernism / Renja Suominen-Kokkonen ; [translated by Jüri Kokkonen].
| Author/creator | Suominen-Kokkonen, Renja |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [Jyväskylä] : Alvar Aalto Foundation : Alvar Aalto Museum, ©2007. |
| Description | 224 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Aalto studies ; 1 Aalto studies ; 1. ^A1004000 |
| Contents | Introduction : Aalto studies and modernism in housing -- The silent central personage: the architect Aino Marsio-Aalto -- Towards a happier society: Aino and Alvar Aalto and Turku in the 1920s -- From Alberti to Aalto: the trinity of domicile, family and architecture -- The ideal image of the home: the Aalto house and the homes of Aino and Alvar Aalto -- The interior design of the Villa Mairea -- A library of art?: the Villa Mairea and notes on the gender of the art collector -- Aesthetics or politics: the "danger" of Finnish architecture and design during the so-called first Republic of 1919-1944. |
| General note | Collection of articles, some translated from the Finnish. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9789525371321 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9525371328 (pbk.) |