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Jellinge Style Gorm's Cup, from the barrow of Gorm the Old at Jelling. The Jellinge Style is a phase of Scandinavian animal art during the 10th century. The style is characterized by markedly stylized and often band-shaped bodies of animals.
The Jellinge style is named after the animal ornament on a small cup found in the royal burial mound at Jellinge, Denmark. This mound is thought to be the burial of King Gorm, in which case it would date to AD 958/9.
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Sitting chronologically between the Borre style and the soon-to-be-discussed Mammen style, the Jellinge style is a malleable one. It appears on a diverse body of objects and can share features with the previous and subsequent styles, leaving it difficult to define as a separate movement.
- More than just raiders, traders, and settlers. History has been, let's face it, somewhat unkind to the artistic talents of Viking societies. Such was the Vikings' impact on history that a whole age (the Viking Age, approximately 792 CE to 1066 CE) is named after them.
- Is Viking art a misnomer? When discussing "Viking art" (itself a bit of a misnomer), it should be worth remembering that this is art that spanned many centuries (from Late Antiquity to the Crusades) and was found in a multitude of societies (from Vinland in modern-day Canada to the Eurasian steppes, from Sicily to the Arctic Circle).
- The Oseberg Style. This style was named after the famous Oseberg Viking longship found near Tønsberg at the turn of the 20th century. However, it has also been found in other Viking ships, such as the Gokstad ship found in 1879.
- The Borre Style. This style was named after a grave found in a burial mound in Borre, Vestfold, Norway. This style features interlacing double ribbons with geometric knot patterns.
Dec 6, 2023 · During the Viking Age, which lasted from the late 8th century through the 11th century, people from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden employed their maritime skills to journey around the globe. In addition to western Europe, they traveled to Byzantium, West Asia, China, Russia, Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Greenland, and even North America.
About Jelling. By Magnus Petersen, 1871. The monuments in Jelling – the two rune stones, the North and South Mounds and Jelling Church – were added to UNESCO’s list of monuments of the world which are most worthy of preservation in 1994. Archaeologists, historians and many others have searched for answers to the mysteries of the royal ...
One such style, known as the Jellinge style, seems to have been developed by Anglo-Scandinavian craftsmen and then reintroduced and perfected in Scandinavia during the 10th century. The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983. 0. An art form that takes its name from the Viking site at Jellinge.
