ART 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Sutton Hoo, Space Viking, Viking Ships
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Cloisonne, cloisons- creating fences/ barriers with gold and pouring things into the space. Heraldry/ heraldic- shows up on flags, interwined men and animals into the space. Viking- viks were pointy parts on west norway. Purse cover, from the sutton hoo ship burial early medieval (ca. 625) 7 long gold, glass and enamel cloisonne with garnets and emeralds. Cloisonne: make fences" out of gold and pour something, like glass in the space. Sits by your thigh when your on a house. Shows a man and animal deeply intertwined. Viks, pointy parts on west part of norway. Animal head-post from viking ship burial early medieval (c. 825 ad) wood, head approox. Used as a handheld or something to tie ropes around. Very dominant at the time no matter the culture or religion. Gold pin discovered in scotland in a viking hoard. Equestrian statue of a carolingian ruler (charles the bald?) Early medieval (9th century) bronze, 9 inches high.
