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Urnes style
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Viking art.
Urnes Style
The Urnes Style was the last phase of Scandinaviananimal art during the second half of the 11th century and in the early 12th century. The Urnes Style is named after the northern gate of the Urnes stave church in Norway, but most objects in the style are runestones in Uppland, Sweden, which is why some scholars prefer to call it the Runestone style.