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Art History

Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies University of Helsinki

COLOUR ASCETISM AND SYNTHETIST COLOUR

COLOUR CONCEPTS IN TURN-OF-THE-20TH-CENTURY

FINNISH AND EUROPEAN ART

Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff

ACADEMIC DISSERTATION

To be publicly discussed, by due permission of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki in the Arppeanum Auditorium

on the 6th of June, 2012 at 12 o’clock Helsinki 2012

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Professor Bettina Gockel, University of Zurich

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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En Saga (Jean Sibelius and Fantasy Landscape)&

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Defence of the Sampo&

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Winter Landscape&

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HELENE SCHJERFBECK Cypresses, Fiesole &

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32. Ellen Thesleff Violinist (1896). Oil on canvas, 40 x 44 cm, Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery. Photo: Hannu Aaltonen/

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INTRODUCTION

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