Jelling style

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Timeline for the Norse animal styles.
Timeline for the Norse animal styles.

The Jelling style is a phase of Scandinavian animal art during the 10th century.[1] The style is characterized by markedly stilized and often band-shaped bodies of animals.[1] It was originally applied to a complex of objects in Jellinge, Denmark, such as Harald Bluetooth's great runestone, but later research categorize them as Mammen style.[1]

The animal ornamentation of the Viking Age is usually categorized into Oseberg style, Borre style, Jelling style, Mammen style, Ringerike style and Urnes style.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c The article jellingestil in Nationalencyklopedin (1993).
  2. ^ The article djurornamentik in Nationalencyklopedin (1991).

[edit] Bibliography

Karlsson, L. (1983). Nordisk form: Om djurornamentik.

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