Concept information
Preferred term
Urnes style
Definition
- Style that developed beginning in the 2nd quarter of the 11th c. in Scandinavia and Scandinavian settlements in Ireland and England; named after carvings on the stave church at Urnes, Norway; characterized by the use of transformed Ringerike-style motifs and new elements; compositions are more unified than Ringerike [q.v.], and typically include extremely stylized animals, with larger animals displaying a distinctive swelling and tapering of the body [AAT, alt.]
Notation
- 117028
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WMDNW0FT-7
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