Oseberg Ship

Examples of Oseberg Ship in the following topics:

• Norse Ships in the Early European Middle Ages

  • The Oseberg ship was discovered in a burial mound in Norway and is one of the finest artistic and archaeological finds from the Viking Age.
  • The Oseberg ship (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway.
  • Animal head post found in the Oseberg ship.
  • This detail from the Oseberg ship demonstrates the elaborte woodcarving designs used as ornamentation on the bow and front of the ship.
  • Identify the important artifacts found in the burial mound of the Oseberg ship.

• The Norse

  • For instance, the Oseberg Bow demonstrates the Norse mastery of decorative wood carving .
  • Chieftain ships were distinguishable by the design of the bow of their vessel.
  • Animal-head post found in the Oseberg viking ship, seen in the Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway.
  • Carved detail from the back bow of the Oseberg ship.
  • The Oseberg Bow demonstrates the Norse mastery of decorative wood carving.

• Norse Timber Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

  • Although scant evidence exists, archaeological findings of actual buildings from the earliest permanent structures, the discovery of Viking ships (i.e. the Oseberg), and stave churches suggest a significant mastery of woodworking and engineering in Viking culture.
  • Typically load-bearing with post-and-lintel entrances, long houses had sharply pitched roofs that bore a curve similar to that of a ship.

• Ostia

  • Merchant vessels and large ships filled with grains, building materials, and other goods to sell in Rome docked at Ostia, The goods were transferred to barges and taken up river to Rome.
  • Portus could handle a larger capacity of ships than Ostia, and this eventually diverted trade from Ostia's habors, causing the city's importance to diminish.
  • Close by is the Temple to Hercules, and throughout the city are temples dedicated to gods related to shipping and commerce, as well temples built by guilds, such as the ship builders or the rope makers, for their patron gods.

• Dutch Rationalist Architecture

  • Van der Mey's major commission, the 1912 cooperative-commercial Scheepvaarthuis (Shipping House), is considered the starting point of the movement, and the three of them collaborated on that building.The movement and its followers played an important role in Berlage's overall plans for the expansion of Amsterdam.
  • The 1912 cooperative-commercial Scheepvaarthuis (Shipping House) is considered the starting point of the Amsterdam School movement.

• Architecture under Hadrian

  • Merchant vessels and large ships filled with grains, building materials, and other goods to sell in Rome docked at Ostia, where the goods were eventually transferred upriver.
  • Within close proximity is the Temple to Hercules, and throughout the city are temples dedicated to gods related to shipping and commerce, as well temples built by guilds, such as the ship builders or the rope makers, for their patron gods.

• Masks in the Kalabari Kingdom

  • The Kalabari Kingdom, also called Elem Kalabari (New Shipping Port), or New Calabar by the Europeans, was an independent trading state of the Kalabari people, an Ijaw ethnic group, in the Niger River Delta.

• Figurative and Abstract Art

  • This figurative work from the 17th century depicts easily recognizable objects—ships, people, and buildings.

• Florence in the Late 1400s

  • He is perhaps most famous for his discovery of perspective and for engineering the dome of the Florence Cathedral, but his accomplishments also include other architectural works, sculpture, mathematics, engineering, and even ship design.

• The Nile River

  • The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians included the quarrying, surveying, and construction techniques that facilitated the building of monumental pyramids, temples, and obelisks; a system of mathematics; a practical and effective system of medicine; irrigation systems and agricultural production techniques; the first known ships; glass technology; and new forms of literature.