RUSSIAN ORNAMENT

Russian Ornament - Tartaric influence – which dates chiefly from 1237 to 1480, when the Tartars were in power – may be regarded beyond any doubt as the chief cause why the pure Byzantine style originally established in Russia came to be changed later on into the Ornament special to that country. There, as into every other country where they appeared, the Christians brought with them a new style of art, which developed itself afterwards in...

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SCANDINAVIAN ROMANESQUE ORNAMENT

Scandinavian Romanesque Ornament - In Norway, the Scandinavian Ornament stands in the most intimate relationship with the Celtic, a circumstance which is due to the fact that Christianity was first introduced into Norway by the Irish. In South Norway, where English influence had to give way before the German, stone architecture is predominant, one of the most beautiful examples of this style being be cathedral at Lund, a basilica founded...

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