Students with no previous knowledge of medieval art history are obliged to familiarize themselves with either of the following book, or the equivalent:
- Luttikhuizen, Henry, Dorothy Verkerk: Snyder’s Medieval Art. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River N. J. 2006 (or later eds.)
- Stokstad, Margaret: Medieval Art. Haper & Row Publishers. New York 1988 (or later eds.)
# = text compendium, for sale at Akademika. Please remember student certificate!
Surveys
#Lindgren, Mereth: ”1000–1520”. A History of Swedish Art. Signum. Lund 1987: 20–88 (68 pp.)
#Sawyer, Bibi, Peter Sawyer: Medieval Scandinavia. From Conversion to Reformation circa 800–1500. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis 1993: 49–79, 100–128 (58 pp.)
The church building
Anker, Leif, Jiri Havran: The Norwegian Stave Churches. Arfo. Oslo 2005: 9–100 (91 pp.)
#Fernie, Eric: ”Chambers over sanctuaries in Romanesque churches”. Hafnia. Copenhagen Papers in the History of Art 12 (2003): Romanesque Art in Scandinavia. University of Copenhagen, Department of Art History. Copenhagen pp. 11–17 (6 pp.)
#Hj?rleifur Stefánsson: ”Medieval Icelandic churches”. Church and Art: The Medieval Church in Norway and Iceland. Lilja ?rnadóttir, Ketil Kiran (eds.). Oslo, Reykjavík 1997: 25–41 (16 pp.)
#Lidén, Hans-Emil: ”From Lund or directly from Speyer? Import of Rhenish-Lombardic impulses as manifested in some 12th century churches in Bergen”. Hafnia. Copenhagen Papers in the History of Art 12 (2003): Romanesque Art in Scandinavia. University of Copenhagen, Department of Art History. Copenhagen: 19–27 (8 pp.)
#Olsen, Olaf: ”Christianity and churches”. From Viking to Crusader. The Scandinavians and Europe 800–1200. Else Roesdahl, David M. Wilson (eds). New York 1992: 152–161 (9 pp.)
Liturgy and ritual
#And?s, Margrete Syrstad: ”Art and ritual in the liminal zone”. The Medieval Cathedral of Trondheim. Architectural and Ritual Constructions in their European Context. Margrete Syrstad And?s, ?ystein Ekroll, Andreas Haug, Nils Holger Petersen (eds.). Ritus et Artes. Traditions and Transformations 3. Brepols. Turnhout 2007: 47–126 (79 pp.)
#Helander, Sven: ”The liturgical profile of the parish church in medieval Sweden”. The Liturgy of the Medieval Church. Thomas J. Heffernan, E. Ann Matter. Kalamazool, Michigan 2001: 146–186 (40 pp.)
The church interior: decoration and function
#Kaspersen, S?ren: ”The V? Master and his workshop. Some Danish murals and their European background”. Hafnia. Copenhagen Papers in the History of Art 12 (2003): Romanesque Art in Scandinavia. University of Copenhagen, Department of Art History. Copenhagen: 97–130 (33 pp.)
#Kaspersen, S?ren: ”Wall-paintings and devotions: The impact of late medieval piety on Danish murals”. Images of Cult and Devotion. Function and Reception of Christian Images in Medieval and Post-medieval Europe. S?ren Kaspersen, Ulla Haastrup (eds.). Copenhagen 2004: 183–214 (31 pp.)
#Liepe, Lena: ”On the liturgical connection between medieval wooden sculpture and murals in Scanian churches”. Liturgy and the Arts in the Middle Ages. Essays in Honour of C. Clifford Flanigan. Eva Louise Lillie, Nils Holger Pedersen (eds.). Museum Tusculanum Press. Copenhagen 1996: 221–249 (28 pp.)
#Nilsén, Anna: ”Man and picture: on the function of wall paintings in medieval churches”. History and Images. Towards a New Iconology. Axel Bolvig, Philip Lindley (eds.). Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe. Brepols. Turnhout 2003: 323–340 (17 pp.)
#Nyborg, Ebbe: ”Church treasures and wall decoration”. From Viking to Crusader. The Scandinavians and Europe 800–1200. Else Roesdahl, David M. Wilson (eds). New York 1992: 212–215 (4 pp.)
#Pegelow, Ingalill: ”Pictures of cult and letters of indulgence”. Images of Cult and Devotion. Function and Reception of Christian Images in Medieval and Post-medieval Europe. S?ren Kaspersen, Ulla Haastrup (eds.). Museum Tusculanum Press. Copenhagen 2004: 33–46 (16 pp.)
#Svanberg, Jan: ”Stone sculpture”. From Viking to Crusader. The Scandinavians and Europe 800–1200. Else Roesdahl, David M. Wilson (eds). New York 1992: 210–211 (2 pp.)
#Tegnér, G?ran: ”Twelfth-century wooden sculpture”. From Viking to Crusader. The Scandinavians and Europe 800–1200. Else Roesdahl, David M. Wilson (eds). New York 1992: 208–209 (2 pp.)
Studies in iconography
#Edgren, Helena: ”’Primitive’ paintings: the visual world of populus rusticus”. History and Images. Towards a New Iconology. Axel Bolvig, Philip Lindley (red.). Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe. Brepols. Turnhout 2003: 301–322 (21 pp.)
#Haastrup, Ulla: ”Representations of jews in Danish medieval art – can images be used as source material on their own?”. History and Images. Towards a New Iconology. Axel Bolvig, Philip Lindley (eds.). Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe. Brepols. Turnhout 2003: 341–356 (15 pp.)
#Stang, Margrethe C.: ”Body and soul: Margaret and Olybrius in Torpo church, Norway”. Ornament and Order. Essays on Viking and Medieval Art for Signe Horn Fuglesang. Margrethe C. Stang, Kristin B. Aavitsland (eds.). Tapir. Trondheim 2008: 161–177 (16 pp.)
#Svanberg, Jan: ”Obscene and blasphemous motifs in Swedish medieval art”. Master Golyas and Sweden. The Transformation of a Clerical Satire. A Collection of Essays. Olle Ferm, Bridget Morris (eds.). Runica et mediaevalia. Scripta minora 2 [3]. Stockholm 1997: 453–504 (51 pp.)
Altar frontals
von Achen, Henrik: Norwegian Medieval Frontals in Bergen Museum. Bergen 1996. (70 pp. in English incl. illustr.)
#Hohler, Erla Bergendahl, Nigel Morgan, Unn Plahter, Anne Wichstr?m: Painted Altar Frontals of Norway 1250–1350 1–3. Archetype Publications. London 2004:
- Morgan, Nigel J: ”Norwegian altar frontals in a European context: Form and function”, vol. 1 pp. 3–13
- Morgan, Nigel J.: ”Iconography”, vol. 1 pp. 39–66
- Hohler, Erla Bergendahl: ”The frontals in their contemporary society”, vol. 1 pp. 66–78 (49 pp.)
#Kaspersen, S?ren: ”Narrative ’modes’ in the Danish golden frontals”. Decorating the Lord’s Table. On the Dynamics between Image and Altar in the Middle Ages. Erik Thun?, S?ren Kaspersen (eds.). Museum Tusculanum Press. Copenhagen 2006: 79–128 (49 pp.)
#Morgan, Nigel: ”The iconography of the sculpted wooden altar frontals and altarpieces in Norway and Sweden, c. 1250–1375”. Ornament and Order. Essays on Viking and Medieval Art for Signe Horn Fuglesang. Margrethe C. Stang, Kristin B. Aavitsland (eds.). Tapir. Trondheim 2008: 139–160 (21 pp.)
Production and acquisition
#von Achen, Henrik: ”’Hanseatic’ art in late medieval Bergen: Import or local production?”. Bergen and the German Hansa. Ingvild ?ye (ed.). Bryggen Museum. Bergen 1994: 59–85 (26 pp.)
#Berggren, Lars: ”The export of limestone and limestone fonts from Gotland during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries”. Cogs, Cargoes and Commerce. Maritime Bulk Trade in Northern Europe, 1150–1400. Lars Berggren, N. Hybel, Annette Landen (eds.). Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Papers in Mediaeval Studies 15. Toronto 2002: 143–180 (37 pp.)