Question

There were several different, subsequent 'styles' of decoration in Viking culture. Which one was characterized by elegant, schematic forms where animals were portrayed with tapered anatomical features and in regal stances

Answer 1

he first half of the 11th century featured the Ringerike style in Viking art. Lion-shaped beasts still appear as well as plant motifs and foliate patterns. Also during this time, runestones became more prominent and were decorated in the Ringerike fashion. Ringerike animals are exceedingly curvy and thin with almond-shaped eyes and thinner, longer