Prêtresse à l'offrande

Between the 8th and 9th centuries, the people of Scandinavian origin invaded the whole of Europe by sea. They went as far as the Byzantine world . Their principal advantage was the quality of their elegant, stable and shallow craft allowing them to land outside ports. Added to this, was their extreme mobility on sea and land where the Vikings transformed themselves into knights. In Scandinavian art, often anoymous, the artisan’s skills cannot be distinguished from the artist’s research. In the Baltic island of Gotland, on high limestone or sandstone stela. you can see engravings of rose windows, spirals, scenes inspired of funerary symbolism, domestic scenes, battles and great ships driving into the beyond.