Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. European
6. Medieval styles and periods
7. Medieval (European)
8. Medieval regional styles
9. Northern European Medieval styles
10. Scandinavian Medieval styles
11. Viking

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a style that developed beginning in the second quarter of the 11th century in Scandinavia and Scandinavian settlements in Ireland and England. The style is named after carvings on the stave church at Urnes, Norway, and is characterized by the use of transformed Ringerike-style motifs and new elements. Compositions are more unified than Ringerike, and typically include extremely stylized animals, with larger animals displaying a distinctive swelling and tapering of the body.