Oseberg

Japanese: Oseberg
Oseberg

...The somewhat Roman-like naturalism seen in the early period disappeared rapidly, and the forms of the human body and birds and animals were absorbed into the rhythm of patterns (especially braid patterns), a characteristic that is particularly evident in the art of the Great Migration Period in Europe, which has a similar tendency. The fact that this characteristic developed further in the so-called Viking Age is well known from the artifacts (wooden boats, sleds, etc.) excavated from ship tombs such as Oseberg (Norway). In the reliefs decorating them, the animal motifs, stretched like cords and intricately intertwined, are combined with other motifs to form a net-like pattern that is indistinguishable from them. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oseberg" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…初期に見られた多少ともローマ風の自然主義は急速に消えて,文様的(とくに組紐文的)リズムの中に人体や鳥獣の形が吸収され,同様の傾向をもつヨーロッパ各地の民族大移動期の美術の中でもとくに顕著にこの特色を発揮している。このような特色がいわゆる〈バイキング時代〉に入ってさらに大きく発展したことは,オーセベルOseberg(ノルウェー)などの船葬墳からの出土品(木造の舟,橇(そり)など)によってよく知られる。それらを飾る浮彫では,紐状に引き伸ばされ複雑に絡みあった動物文が他の文様とも結合してそれと判別できぬほど網状に文様化されている。…

※「Oseberg」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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