Urnes Stave Church and Its Global Connections

Urnes Stave Church and Its Global Connections

Author: Kirk Ambrose

Publisher:

Published: 2022-01-31

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9782503594514

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Urnes is the oldest and best known of the Norwegian stave churches. Despite its rich sculptural program, complex building history, fine medieval furnishings, and UNESCO World Heritage Site status, Urnes has attracted scant scholarly attention beyond Scandinavia. Broadly speaking, the church has been seen to exemplify Nordic traditions, a view manifest in the frequent use of "Urnes style" to designate the final phase of Viking art. While in no way denying or diminishing the importance of local or regional traditions, this book examines Urnes from a global perspective, considering how its art and architecture engaged international developments from across Europe, the Mediterranean, and Central Asia. In adopting this alternative approach, the articles collected in this volume offer the most current research on Urnes, published in English to reach a broad audience. The aim is to reinvigorate academic interest and debate in not only what is one of the most important churches in the world, but also in the rich cultural heritage of Northern Europe.


Historic Wooden Architecture in Europe and Russia

Historic Wooden Architecture in Europe and Russia

Author: Evgeny Khodakovsky

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2015-11-27

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 3035605424

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Das Fachbuch präsentiert den aktuellen Forschungsstand hinsichtlich zeitgemäßer Methoden und Verfahren beim Umgang mit historischen Holzbauten. Es fasst die Ergebnisse einer Tagung von Bauforschern zusammen, die Ende 2014 in Prag stattgefunden hat und widmet sich den drei Hauptaspekten beim Umgang mit historischen Holzbauten: Bauforschung, Architekturgeschichte sowie Instandsetzung und Unterhalt. Vierzehn Forscher haben jahrhundertealte Holzstrukturen wie Kirchen, Bauernhöfe, Fachwerkhäuser und Blockhütten in Europa und Russland untersucht. Aus den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen entwickeln sie denkmalgerechte Maßnahmen zur Instandsetzung und zum Unterhalt von Holzbauten. Historische und aktuelle Fotografien sowie neu erstellte Zeichnungen dokumentieren die untersuchten Bauten.


Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood

Author: Jerri Holan

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Traditional wooden architecture of Norway, from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. Churches and farm buildings.


The Viking Serpent

The Viking Serpent

Author: Harald Boehlke

Publisher:

Published: 2007-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781412097550

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If you care for the truth then prepare for a journey through murder, mystery and intrigue, the likes of which the world rarely sees.


Tree of Salvation

Tree of Salvation

Author: G. Ronald Murphy

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0199948615

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G. Ronald Murphy offers an insightful examination of the lasting significance of Yggdrasil in northern Europe, showing that the tree's image persisted not simply through its absorption into descriptions of Christ's crucifix, but through recognition by the newly converted Christians of the truth of their new religion in the images of their older faith.


The Bell in the Lake

The Bell in the Lake

Author: Lars Mytting

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1683358198

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The engrossing epic novel—a #1 bestseller in Norway—of a young woman whose fate plays out against her village’s mystical church bells—now in paperback As long as people could remember, the stave church’s bells had rung over the isolated village of Butangen, Norway. Cast in memory of conjoined twins, the bells are said to ring on their own in times of danger. In 1879, young pastor Kai Schweigaard moves to the village, where young Astrid Hekne yearns for a modern life. She sees a way out on the arm of the new pastor, who needs a tie to the community to cull favor for his plan for the old stave church, with its pagan deity effigies and supernatural bells. When the pastor makes a deal that brings an outsider, a sophisticated German architect, into their world, the village and Astrid are caught between past and future, as dark forces come into play. Lars Mytting, bestselling author of Norwegian Wood, brings his deep knowledge of history, carpentry, fishing, and stave churches to this compelling historical novel, an international bestseller sold in 12 countries. With its broad-canvas narrative about the intersection of religion, superstition, and duty, The Bell in the Lake is an irresistible story of ancient times and modern challenges, by a powerful international voice.