Jonas Lau Markussen

The Anatomy of Germanic Art


A Quick Guide to the Styles of Nordic Animal Ornament


This guide is a prequel to The Anatomy of Viking Art and explores the ornamental styles of Early Medieval Scandinavia during the Germanic Iron Age (c. 400 – 800 CE). From the beginning of the Migration Period to the start of the Viking Age, this guide breaks down each style to its basic components in an easy to understand and straightforward manner.



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Chapters


Through illustrations, timelines, maps and short descriptions of the historical contexts, you'll quickly acquire a good grasp of the anatomy of Germanic Iron Age art.


The whole guide is freely available to read in it’s entirety online. Select a chapter to begin.


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The Anatomy of Viking Art


A Quick Guide to the Styles of Norse Animal Ornament


This guide covers all the stylistic periods of Viking Age art, breaking down each style to its basic components in an easy to understand and straightforward manner.



Read online  |  Get the e-book  |  Get a print copy

Chapters


Through illustrations, timelines, maps and short descriptions of the historical contexts, you'll quickly acquire a good grasp of the anatomy of Viking Age art.


The whole guide is freely available to read in it’s entirety online. Select a chapter to begin.


Start reading

Download the Designs

Get the graphics sets containing hi-res versions of the ornaments, if you want to use the designs in your own project.

Learn How to Create Viking Age Art

If you want to create your own designs, here is a series of tutorials with tips and tricks on how to construct intricate designs inspired by Viking Age art.

Free Tutorials

How to Create Viking Age Art

Ringerike Style Essentials


This book gets you familiar with the essential concepts of the Ringerike style, and at the end, you’ll be able to create an authentic Viking Age design from start to finish.


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Courses

Illustrations

The Younger Futhark


Get familiar with the runes of the Viking Age.


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Projects in the Making

These projects are under development and get continuously updated with new content.

The Runestone Styles

This series explores the ornamental styles of Scandinavian runestones from the late Viking Age.

Jonas Lau Markussen


Visual Communication and Information Architecture.


I graduated cand. arch from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in 2012. The past ten years I have worked professionally with visual communication and information architecture both online and offline in various forms, primarily for institutions and organisations within the field of art and culture.

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