Main entry:

Anker, Peter.

Title & Author:

The art of Scandinavia. With a contribution by Aron Andersson.

Publication:

London, New York, P. Hamlyn [1970]

Description:

2 volumes illustrations, maps, plates (some color) 23 cm

Notes:
French translation originally published in 1968-69 under title: L'Art scandinave.
Vol. 2 by Aron Andersson.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.

ISBN:

0600100065 (v. 1)
9780600100065 (v. 1)
0600100073 (v. 2)
9780600100072 (v. 2)

Subject:

Art, Scandinavian.
Art scandinave.
400-1200

Added entries:

Andersson, Aron, 1919-1984.
Andersson, Aron, 1919-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 124159
Call No.: ID:85-B21335
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 124158
Call No.: ID:85-B21335
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available