‘Locality, nation and the “primitive” – notions about the identities of late medieval non-professional wall painters in Finnish historiography from 1880 to 1940’

The article examines a group of medieval wall paintings and how they have been dealt with in the Finnish research history during the period from 1880 to 1940. The paintings have long been referred to ‘primitive paintings’ and thought to have been executed by local men. This interpretation has been i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katja Fält
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/falt.pdf