The Church of St. Anna, Kumlinge

The Church of St. Anna, Kumlinge

Description

The Church of St Anna (built 1500–1510) in Kumlinge (Åland) has well-preserved mural paintings dated to the time of the construction of the church, around 1510. The paintings do not seem to have imminent connection to any other works of the same period although the floral ornaments bear some resemblance to those in Siuntio Church. Among the motifs there are images of saints, group of angels holding musical instruments as well as Arma Christi on the vaults, Passion of the Christ and Apocalyptic Madonna, among others. The paintings on the lower part of the walls and those on the east wall have vanished.
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Year of publication

2022

Authors

Janika Aho - Contributor, Creator

Lauri Ockenström - Rights holder, Creator

Vilma Mättö - Publisher

Other information

Fields of science

Visual arts and design

Language

English

Open access

Open

License

Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY NC SA 3.0)

Keywords

keskiaika, keskiajan taide, kirkkotaide, kivikirkko, kyrkomålning, medieval art, mural painting, muralmålning, seinämaalaus, wall painting, medeltid, medieval, parish church, Ahvenanmaa, Kumlinge, Åland
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