Urnes style
The Urnes style is the latest style of the Viking Age . The first works in the Urnes style can be found in the second half of the 11th century, when Viking art was still strongly influenced by the previous Ringerike style . The Urnes style remained in use until the beginning of the 12th century. The style is characterized by fine lines, intertwined depictions of animals.
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The name of the art style is Urnes (sometimes Ornes ), a small place on the east bank of the Lustrafjord , a branch of the Sognefjord in Norway . The place is particularly worth seeing because of the stave church , the origin of which goes back to the year 1100 and which can be described as the oldest stave church in Norway. The preserved building dates from the 12th and 13th centuries.
Mainly because of its richly carved north portal, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. It combines traces of Celtic art with traditions of the Vikings and architectural forms of the Romanesque .
The Urnes style can be found together with the Mammen style and the Ringerike style on the Bayeux Tapestry, among others .
literature
- Thorsten Andersson , Klaus Böldl , Frands Hersehend, Dieter Strauch, Sir David M. Wilson: Wikinger. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 34, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-018389-4 , pp. 55-79.
- Sebastian Brather , Torsten Capelle : Viking Age. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 34, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-018389-4 , pp. 79-81.
- Egon Wamers (Ed.): The Last Vikings - The Bayeux Tapestry and Archeology. Archaeological Museum Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-88270-506-5
Remarks
- ↑ Wamers et al., P. 34
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Previous art style Ringerike style |
Urnes style late 11th century - early 12th century |
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