Stamp of the Day: Vikings again!
A Swedish stamp depicting the travels of the vikings,with artwork obviously inspired from medieval art.
Friday, September 28, 2007
A Swedish stamp depicting the travels of the vikings,with artwork obviously inspired from medieval art.
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I think these stamps are inspired by the excavations on the island Birka in Lake Malar. (Mälaren alltså).
They think Birka, which was an viking village, sort of a trading centre, looked a lot like this with small wooden houses and the ships at the beach.
Yes, it has that weird perspective one often can see in medieval art. :)
Yes, isn't it a weird perspective. The horizon is like you are very low to the ground, but the foreground is like you are above the boat in the sky - very interesting... a camera can never get that kind of perspective I think.
Why not? Climb up a mast with a wide angle lens on the camera. Tilt-shift helps too.
Medieval art has often weird proportions of human bodies too.
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