Essays about: "Viking Age art"

Found 3 essays containing the words Viking Age art.

  1. 1. Hanging by a thread : A metaphorical analysis of Viking Age tapestries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Simone Liw de Bernardi; [2023]
    Keywords : Viking Age; conceptual metaphor; metaphorical approach; textiles; tapestries; Oseberg; Vestfold; Rolvsøy; Østfold; Överhogdal; Jämtland; ship burial; chamber grave; Viking Age art; Old Norse mythology; Vikingatid; konseptuell metafor; textil; Oseberg; Rolvsøy; Överhogdal; båtgrav; krammargrav; vikingatida konst; fornnordisk mytologi;

    Abstract : Viking Age tapestries are rare, with only a few examples known. Previous interpretations of figurative depictions from the Viking Age have mainly focused on what mythical or legendary gods and heroes these images might depict. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Study in Viking Age Brooches using Modern Technology : Simulating the Casting of a Baroque Bronze Brooch in Magma5 5.3.0.4

    University essay from KTH/Materialvetenskap

    Author : Alexander Eneborg; Pontus Cronqvist; [2016]
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    Abstract : There is much that is unknown concerning the creation of Viking age brooches. Recreating these brooches in the same way they would have been created in the Viking age to try to understand how they were created is a time consuming project for experimental archaeologists. READ MORE

  4. 3. Black Pool : Hiberno-Norse identity in Viking Age and Early Medieval Ireland.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Anton Amlé; [2014]
    Keywords : Hiberno-Norse; Vikings; Celtic; Hybrid Culture; Identity; Influences; Art; Viking Age; Scandinavia; Ireland; Gaelicization; Creolization; Hybridization; Iro-Skandinaver; Vikingar; Kelter; Hybridkultur; Identitet; Influenser; Konst; Vikingatiden; Skandinavien; Irland; Keltisering; Kreolisering; Hybridisering;

    Abstract : This paper is aimed at mapping important traits in a Hiberno-Norse identity. This is the main focus of the essay, but another important part is to problematize this using several theoretical approaches of which the main are identity, creolization and hybridization. READ MORE