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Alice Rasmussen (born ''Alice Fallai'' 3 November 1926) is an
Italian-Swedish art historian, and author, specialised in
art history
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
,
botany
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...
, and
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...
(1849–1912).
Alice Rasmussen was born 1926 to Luigi Fallai, and Alice Carlsson. She is great-granddaughter of
Friedrichs Lachs
Carl Siegmund ''Friedrichs'' Lachs (1832-1910) was a Bavarian-Swedish brewmaster active in Sweden and the United States.
Friedrichs Lax was born on 9 January 1832 in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Kingdom of Bavaria. He immigrated to Halmstad, Sweden, i ...
, and grand-nephew to
Charles Lachs, whose artistry she covered in ''Södermalm med omnejd i bilder av Charles Lachs'' (Stockholmia förlag, 2009). She grew up in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, map_caption ...
, Italy, and in
Stockholm, Sweden, and studied the
humanities
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...
, as well as
history of religion
The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BC). The prehistory of religion involves t ...
at
Stockholm University.
Bibliography
* ''Några synpunkter på Kristusikonografins utveckling fram till och med den ottonska konsten'' (1975)
* ''Flora och fauna i Strindbergs skärgårdsskildring under 1870– och 1880-talen'' (1977)
* ''Några exempel på ikonografiska parallellföreteelser i samtida religioner vid tiden för kristendomens genombrott'' (1978)
* ''Stilar i konsten – Rokoko'' av
Flavio Conti (translation by Alice Rasmussen,
Wahlström & Widstrand, 1979)
* ''Strindbergsporträtt. Ett bidrag till Strindbergs ikonografi'' (Tryckgruppen AB, 1986, 145 p.)
* ''Strindbergs porträtt'' (Bokförlaget Fingraf, 1991, 478 p.)
* ''Vår skärgårds flora'' (1992)
* ''Det går en oro genom själen. Strindbergs hem och vistelseorter i Norden'' (1997)
* ''Södermalm med omnejd i bilder av Charles Lachs'' (Stockholmia förlag, 2009)
* ''Strindbergs flora'' (CKM Förlag, 2009, 563 p.)
* ''Strindbergs flora'' (CKM Förlag, 2012, 662 p.)
External links
Alice Rasmussenat
LIBRIS
LIBRIS (Library Information System) is a Swedish national union catalogue maintained by the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia ...
,
National Library of Sweden
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References
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1926 births
Living people
20th-century Swedish women writers
20th-century Italian women writers
Swedish women academics
Italian art historians
Swedish art historians
Women art historians
Architecture academics
Swedish women botanists
21st-century Swedish botanists
20th-century Swedish botanists
Swedish translators
20th-century translators
Translators to Swedish
Translators from Italian