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Fig 13 |
Fig 14 |
The "Great Beast" from the Mammen period and the multiple
lines of the Ringerike era are now refined into the more
graceful Urnes style. The "Great Beast" is thinned
drastically (Fig 13) but the background of whirls, scrolls and
hair-thin lines is maintained.
The wood carving (Fig 14) in the twelfth century Urnes stave
church has been dated to the tenth century. Thankfully, those
twelfth century folks recognized and preserved the art they
inherited. The foregoing shows the Viking artists were capable
of working in stone, wood and metals, but they also used
vegetable materials like thread and cloth. Little of such
organic materials survive.
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The Bayeux
Tapestry (Fig 15), shown on British stamps, describes the Norman
invasion of England that concludes the Viking period in 1066 at
the Battle of Hastings. The profusion of colors shows the
artists were capable of using vegetable and mineral dyes to
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