Architecture in the Scandinavian Countries by Marian C. Donnelly

Architecture in the Scandinavian Countries by Marian C. Donnelly 

From Viking structures to Renaissance housing projects, Medieval stave churches to modern crematoriums, Architecture in the Scandinavian Countries presents a complete survey of Nordic architecture. Its more than 400 illustrations provide a visual introduction to nearly 10,000 years of building in the region, with examples of ecclesiastical, domestic, and civic buildings showing how Scandinavian architects used their own resources and traditions, as well as adapting the styles of medieval, Renaissance, baroque, and modern Europe to generate ideas that were to have major international consequences.

Marian C. Donnelly is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Oregon and has served as president of the Society of Architectural Historians. She is the author of two previous books, The New England Meeting Houses of the Seventeenth Century and A Short History of Observatories.