Viking Art

Signums Svenska Konsthistoria #2

by David M. Wilson (Photographer), Ole Klindt-Jensen

Text: English, Danish (translation)

Genres: Art, Archaeology, History

173 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1980

About the author

Sir David Mackenzie Wilson is an English archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator, specialising in Anglo-Saxon art and the Viking Age. He lives on the Isle of Man.

Wilson was the director of the British Museum from 1977 to 1992, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1985 he was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge.

Reviews

[Lana Velkov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible book with beautiful pictures and illustrations to compliment the extensive writing - it feels like being in a museum. There is a lot to be learnt from artists of the Viking Age. Very inspired after reading this.