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Researcher, Teaching Staff
- Division of Book History
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail gunilla.tornvallkultur.luse
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PhD in Book and Library History, Lund University. MA in Art History, Lund University and MSc in Conservation (painting, paper, photographs), University of Gothenburg.
My research is primarily focused on mass-produced and instructive images. Since April 2019 I run the project "Reading Patterns: Women, Clothes and Print Culture in Sweden 1881–1981", financed by the Swedish Research Council 2019–2022. The project concerns the production, distribution and reading of paper patterns for home sewing of women's clothes in Sweden.
In my dissertation thesis Botaniska bilder till allmänheten: Om utgivningen av Carl Lindmans Bilder ur Nordens flora(2013), I examined how the botanical plates were created, distributed and received based on the given conditions at the beginning of the 20th century: botanical science, ideas about education, pictorial conventions, economical circumstances, printing technique and book market.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Reading Patterns: Women, Clothes and Print Culture in Sweden 1881-1981 (research leader)
My research is primarily focused on mass-produced and instructive images. Since April 2019 I run the project "Reading Patterns: Women, Clothes and Print Culture in Sweden 1881–1981", financed by the Swedish Research Council 2019–2022. The project concerns the production, distribution and reading of paper patterns for home sewing of women's clothes in Sweden.
In my dissertation Botanical illustrations for the public: On the publication of Carl Lindman's Bilder ur Nordens flora (2013), I examined how the botanical plates were created, distributed and received based on the given conditions at the beginning of the 20th century: botanical science, ideas about education, pictorial conventions, economical circumstances, printing technique and book market.
Furthermore, I am working on a textbook on the history of illustration.
Books (1)
Articles (6)
- Törnvall, G. (2017). From Copperplate to Color Lithography : On the Modernization of an Illustrated Flora 1800-1900. Book History, 20, 126-149. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Törnvall, G. (2010). Lindman och krutbrännaren : om färgsättningen av en orkidé. Lychnos : årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria : annual of the Swedish History of Science Society, 187-199. Lärdomshistoriska samfundet, Uppsala universitet.
- Törnvall, G. (2010). Tibast : om bilden av Daphne mezereum i Palmstruchs Svensk Botanik. Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift, Årgång 2010, 101-118. Svenska Linnésällskapet, Uppsala.
- Törnvall, G. (2006). Från Koranen till Ben Hur - Gunnar Jarrings samling av östturkiska handskrifter. Dragomanen: årsskrift utgiven av svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul, 9/2005, 92-102. Svenska Forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul och Föreningen Svenska Istanbulinstitutets vänner.
- Törnvall, G. (2006). Konservering och digitalisering av breven till Tegnér. Ikoner: vision och tradition, 22-25. Bibliotekstjänst.
- Törnvall, G. (2006). Onda andar från Östturkestan. Gunnar Jarrings samling av östturkiska handskrifter. Nordisk tidskrift for bok- och bibliotekvasen, 2006, 217-228. Stiftelsen NTBB.
Book chapters (2)
- Törnvall, G. (2014). Mediering av växter under 600 år : om reproduktionsteknikens betydelse för hur växter avbildats och uppfattats. In Cronqvist, M., Lundell, P. & Snickars, P. (Eds.) Återkopplingar (pp. 263-285), 28. Mediehistoria, Lunds universitet.
- Törnvall, G. (2007). Regnmakarens manual och andra handskrifter från Östturkestan. In Håkansson, H., Nilsson Nylander, E. & Dal, B. (Eds.) Här får intet arbete utföras. (pp. 346-356). Universitetsbiblioteket.
Conference contributions (4)
- Törnvall, G. (2013). Mediering av växter under 600 år : om reproduktionsteknikens betydelse för hur växter avbildats och uppfattats.
- Törnvall, G. (2011). Från handkolorerat koppartryck till färglitografi.
- Törnvall, G. (2011). To be printed without contour : on the transferring of botanical illustrations from engraving to lithography.
- Törnvall, G. (2006). Preservation of the Diaries from Andrée’s North Pole Expedition. In Jacques, S. (Ed.) Edinburgh Conference Papers 2006 (pp. 17-24). ICON The Institute of Conservation 2007.
Working papers (1)
Reviews (3)
- Törnvall, G. (2015). Flora Danica. Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift, 103-106. Svenska Linnésällskapet, Uppsala.
- Törnvall, G. (2009). Draughtsmen, Botanists and Nature. Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift, Årgång 2008, 244-248. Svenska Linnésällskapet, Uppsala.
- Törnvall, G. (2009). Kärin Nickelsen, Draughtsmen, botanists and nature : the construction of eighteenth-century botanical illustrations. Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 156-157. Sällskapet för 1700-talsstudier.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (2)
- Törnvall, G. (2008). Breven till Tegnér på webben. Populär Historia, 2008, 10-11. Bonnier Publications International, Svenska Historiska media.
- Törnvall, G. (2007). Livspusslare och globetrotter : nu iordningställs det enorma personarkivet efter diplomaten och språkvetaren Gunnar Jarring. Populär Historia, 12-13. Bonnier Publications International, Historiska Media.
Newspaper articles (2)
- Törnvall, G. (2007). Det hade blivit Jarring om Bush fått bestämma. Sydsvenskan. Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
- Törnvall, G. (2006). Svenskar bidrog till Östturkestans skriftspråk. Svenska Dagbladet, - Under strecket, 24-25. Svenska Dagbladet.
Supervision at Lund University (1)
Other tasks and qualifications
Lectures (selected)
*” 'To be printed without contour': On the Transferring of Botanical Illustrations from Engraving to Lithography”, SHARP 2011, The Book in Art & Science, Washington DC, 14-17 July 2011.
*”The Turk and the Clam – Gunnar Jarring at Lund University Library”, Gunnar Jarring 1907-2002. A Symposium in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Gunnar Jarring, 12 October 2007, Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien, Stockholm. Co-organizers: Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul.
*“Gunnar Jarring – his Eastern Turkestan manuscripts and personal papers”, Gunnar Jarring – Languages and Diplomacy, minnesdag arrangerad av Lunds universitetshistoriska sällskap, Centrum för Mellanösternstudier och Utrikespolitiska föreningen, Lund, 11 oktober 2007.
*“Preservation of the diaries from Andrée’s North Pole Expedition”, The Institute of Paper Conservation Fifth International Conference, Edinburgh 26-29 July 2006.
Researcher, Teaching Staff
- Division of Book History
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail gunilla.tornvallkultur.luse
Leave of absence
Can not currently be reached through the workplace.