- Title :
-
Continuity for centuries : a ceremonial building and its context at Uppþkra, southern Sweden; Stockholm; Almqvist & Wiksell International
The gold-foil figures ('Guldgubbar') from Uppþkra
- Author :
- WATT, Margrethe ;
- Publication year :
-
2004
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Offers detailed descriptions of 115 embossed guldgubbar, 5 related patrices (dies), and seven individually-made figures. Discusses motifs and iconography, including the appearance of the figures (males, females, and male-female pairs), their hair, dress, attributes (including staffs, scepters, clubs, drinking vessels, and neck rings), postures, and gestures. Considers whether some of the gestures and attributes can be used to identify some of the guldgubbar as specific gods (Odin, Thor, and Freyr). Suggests dating to the Migration/Merovingian period transition or shortly after. Compares the foils to others found in Scandinavia, especially at Bornholm. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- ill. (some col.); diagrams; maps; plan ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ; 5303D01 - 300-1400 ; Arts décoratifs ; Arts du métal ; 530-III - 300-1400 ;
- French keywords :
- Art du métal ; Attribut ; Bâton ; Bornholm (DNK) ; Cheveux ; Collier ; Comparaison ; Corps humain ; Costume ; Couples ; Datation ; Dieux ; Etampe ; Femmes ; Fouilles ; Freyr ; Gaufrage ; Geste ; Grandes Invasions ; Guldgubbar ; Haut Moyen Age ; Hommes ; Iconographie ; Identification ; Massue ; Mérovingien (art) ; Odin ; Posture ; Sceptre ; Suède ; Thor ; Trouvaille ; Uppþkra (SWE) ; Verre à boire ;
- Descriptors :
- Archaeological finds ; Attributes ; Bornholm (DNK) ; Clubs (weapons) ; Comparison ; Costume ; Couples ; Dating ; Drinking vessels ; Early Middle Ages ; Embossing ; Excavations ; Freyr ; Gesture ; Gods ; Guldgubbar ; Hair ; Human figure ; Iconography ; Identification ; Men ; Merovingian ; Metalwork ; Migration period ; Necklaces ; Odin ; Posture ; Scepters ; Staffs ; Stamps (tools) ; Sweden ; Thor ; Uppþkra (SWE) ; Women ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24837997 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 9122021078 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- SWEDEN ;