Kritisk Revy (Danish: Critical Review) was a quarterly architecture magazine. It was briefly published between 1926 and 1928 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The magazine played a significant role in developing avant-garde culture in Scandinavia in the period between World War I and World War II.[1] It is also the early source for the Danish modern.[2][3]
| Editor | Poul Henningsen |
|---|---|
| Categories | Architecture magazine |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Founded | 1926 |
| First issue | July 1926 |
| Final issue | 1928 |
| Country | Denmark |
| Based in | Copenhagen |
| Language | Multilingual |
History and profile edit
Kritisk Revy was established in 1926.[1] The first issue appeared in July 1926.[4] The founders were architects and left-wing intellectuals.[1] The headquarters was in Copenhagen. The editor of the magazine was Poul Henningsen.[5][6] Although three issues were published in the first year, the frequency of Kritisk Revy was quarterly for the following years.[4]
Kritisk Revy contained articles that led to various polemics.[4] These articles were not only written in Danish but also in other languages.[2] The focus of magazine was avant-garde architecture and design.[1][7] However, the topics were not limited to these subjects in that the magazine covered various topics related to Danish life, including nature preservation, literature and religion.[3] The magazine also embraced a wide range of modern topics, including advertising, shop window design, jazz music, variety theatre and film.[1]
The contributors adopted the notion of art for society's sake.[1] The magazine laid the basis of early Scandinavian modernism.[1] Poul Henningsen developed a new approach towards modernism in the magazine which focused on functionalism, criticism and clarity.[8] It frequently carried articles about the architecture and planning of Copenhagen and other Nordic cities.[5] Significant contributors of Kritisk Revy included Otto Gelsted, Edvard Heiberg and Hans Kirk who would be a member of the Danish Communist Party.[4]
The magazine did not share the political approach of Klingen, a former Danish magazine, but affected from its approach towards European art.[2] This effect was observed in the large format of Kritisk Revy (35.2 x 21.6 cm).[2] In addition, the magazine also included frequent illustrations and graphic formats like Klingen.[2]
The circulation of Kritisk Revy ranged between 1800 and 2000 copies.[4] The magazine ceased publication after the publication of the eleventh issue appeared in Christmas 1928 with an announcement that Kritisk Revy accomplished the goals.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Torben Jelsbak (2019). "From Bauhaus to Our House – Kritisk Revy, Popular Culture, and the Roots of "Scandinavian Design"". In Benedikt Hjartarson; Andrea Kollnitz; Per Stounbjerg; Tania Ørum (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950. Vol. 36. Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill Rodopi. pp. 860–878. ISBN 978-90-04-38829-1. ISSN 1387-3008. ISSN 2214-0808.
- ^ a b c d e Kerry Greaves (2019). The Danish Avant-Garde and World War II: The Helhesten Collective. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-429-88590-7.
- ^ a b Mark Mussari (2016). Danish Modern: Between Art and Design. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4742-2368-3.
- ^ a b c d e f Bjarne S. Bendtsen (2013). "Copenhagen: From the Ivory Tower to Street Activism". In Peter Brooker; Andrew Thacker (eds.). The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines. Vol. III. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-19-965958-6.
- ^ a b Per Olaf Fjeld; Emily Randall Fjeld (2019). Louis I. Kahn: The Nordic Latitudes. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-68226-112-5.
- ^ "Poul Henningsen (1894-1967)". Danish.net. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Torben Jelsbak (2011). "Arbejdshypotesen om en menneskehed: Tidsskriftet Kritisk Revy mellem avantgarde og populærkultur". Danske Studier (in Danish) (106).
- ^ Steen Klitgård Povlsen (2007). "Danish Modernism". In Astradur Eysteinsson; Vivian Liska (eds.). Modernism. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 855. ISBN 978-90-272-9204-9.