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Author

Karlsson, Lennart

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

Swedish

Source

Iconographisk post. 1990, Num. 4, p. 1-12, 11 ill.

ISSN

0106-1348

Abstract (en)

Explores the iconography of the dragon primarily in relation to the Leviathan monster of the Apocalypse. Discusses several medieval depictions in mural painting, sculpture, and metalwork, 12th-15th cs., mostly Swedish. Includes as examples a mid-15th c. Swedish mural (Ärentuna church, Uppland) with two renderings of Leviathan, one in a Last Judgment scene, the other in a Creation scene. Notes that the latter scene may be based on an early Israelite version of the Creation not included in the Bible. Compares Leviathan with the dragon in a Swedish sculpture depicting the Archangel Michael, ca.1200, and in a metalwork depicting S. George, 15th c.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Sweden
• Sweden
• 1400-1500
• Mural painting
• church||Ärentuna (SWE)
• Iconography
• Medieval
• Art
• Leviathan
• Creation
• Last Judgment
• Comparison
• Sculpture
• Michael the Archangel, S.
• George, S.
• Attributes
• Dragons
• Metalwork
• Christian iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Suède
• Suède
• 1400-1500
• Peinture murale
• église||Ärentuna (SWE)
• Iconographie
• Moyen Age
• Art
• Léviathan
• Création
• Jugement dernier
• Comparaison
• Sculpture
• Michel, saint
• Georges, saint
• Attribut
• Dragon
• Art du métal
• Iconographie chrétienne

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00426203

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