13 articles in this issue
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Kaare Rübner Jørgensen
Monks and Nuns on Danish Church Walls Some Reflections on the Carmelite Monks in Sæby Church By Kaare Rübner JørgensenIn the still existing medieval churches of Denmark murals of monks and nuns are very rare. Therefore, the former Carmelite church of Sæby... see more
Axel Bolvig
hæc pictura completa fuit On Wall Paintings and Frames By Axel BolvigThe caption or another linguistic statement try to bind the visual messages. So is the situation in modern society (cf. Roland Barthes). But medieval imagery does communicate on its own ... see more
Martin Bo Nørregård
The Concept of Labour in the Danish Medieval Wall Paintings By Martin Bo NørregaardThis article examines the perception of manual labour through the late medieval wall paintings preserved in the Danish churches. The written sources concerning the attitude... see more
Rikke Agnete Olsen
Children and Animals in Danish Wall Paintings By Rikke Agnete OlsenChildren and animals in Danish medieval wall-paintings show how the range of themes in the paintings and certainly elsewhere also represented by children and animals is very wide. Accordin... see more
Kirsten Trampedach
The Influence of Deterioration and Restoration on the al State of Wall Paintings By Kirsten TrampedachThe medieval wall paintings in Danish churches have changed substantially from the time they were created. These changes have had an important influence ... see more
Annedorte Vad
Can the Devil be Classified? By Annedorte VadThe medieval wall paintings are a vast source of information on the ideas and thinking of the medieval man. To use the images as a source to the past it is necessary to view the images as a whole. That can ... see more
Peder Bøllingtoft
Steen Schjødt Christensen
Are they alternative – the different Images? Grotesque Imagery in the Danish Medieval Wall Paintings: anti- or Commentary Images! By Steen Schjødt ChristensenAre they alternative the different images? And what does it mean that something is alternative or... see more
Poul Grinder-Hansen
The Beer or the Idea? On the Understanding of Crookedness in Danish Medieval Art By Poul Grinder-HansenShould iconographical crookedness be explained as the result of beer and blunders or as intentional expressions of ideas? Blunders may be a possibility,... see more
Rikke Agnete Olsen, Jørgen Steen Jensen
Ulla Haastrup
Symbolic facial positionsBy Ulla HaastrupA value-laden symbolic imagery was used for at least 500 years in the wall paintings in Denmark. From the end of the 11th century until the start of the 16th century, faces were only painted in three positions. The... see more