COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Church of Flaa Door [plaster cast]
Alternate Title:
Reproduction of Flaa Church Doorway
Image View:
Detail, left side of the portal opening
Creator:
after unknown (Norse sculptor); Domenico Brucciani (British cast maker, 1815-1880)
Location:
repository: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1868-11
GPS:
+51.496325-0.172058
Date:
ca. 1868 (creation)
Cultural Context:
British; Norwegian
Style Period:
Medieval; Nineteenth century; Norse (ancient); Urnes Style
Work Type 1:
replica
Work Type 2:
doorframe
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
patinated plaster
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
366 x 175.5 cm (width)
Relation Work:
part of Victoria and Albert Museum Cast Courts
Subjects:
abstraction or non-objective; animals; architectural exteriors; decorative arts; vining; intertwining; stylized animal forms; Viking; Urnes-Romanesque; Scandinavian
Description:
The original doorway is by an unknown Norse sculptor, late 11th or early 12th century, in pinewood, from the wooden Church of Flaa, now in the Kunstindustriemuseet, Oslo, Norway. Casts were sometimes commissioned directly from the formatore (an Italian term used to describe the specialist Italian mould- and cast-makers). Domenico Brucciani was one such formatore who had special links with both the British Museum and the South Kensington Museum. Born in Lucca in 1815, he set up business in London, establishing a Gallery of Casts in Covent Garden by 1837. Source: V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.u…
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
7A3-M-VA-FCD-A3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Church of Flaa Door [plaster cast]
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