The art of Scandinavia.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anker, Peter
Other Authors: Andersson, Aron, 1919-1984
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, New York, P. Hamlyn [1970]
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Table of Contents:
  • Vol.1.The historical background
  • The development of the early Scandinavian animal styles of decoration
  • The great monuments of the Viking age: Oseberg, Jelling, and the Danish fortresses
  • Figurative art of the early Scandinavian and Viking ages / by Aron Andersson
  • The stave churches
  • The origin and adevelopment of the Norwegian stave churches and their sculpted portals
  • Vol. 2. Churches (The first stone churches. Lund cathedral. Ribe cathedral. Viborg cathedral. The early phase of Romanesque art in the dioceses of Skara and Linköping. Gotland. Round or fortress churches. St. Olaf's sanctuary at Trondheim and the earliest stone architecture in Norway. The development of stone architecture in central Sweden. The architecture of the religious orders. The introduction of a new building material: red brick. The transition to the Gothic style)
  • Wall paintings
  • Metalwork
  • Wrought iron
  • Tapestries.