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Originally, rosemaling was used to decorate items however, much like the vines and flowers they depict, the designs soon unfold across the room to cowl ceilings, doors, and partitions. There is some written evidence that Vikings created art for purely aesthetic purposes, corresponding to tattoos and tapestries. However, since material, skin and paper biodegrade shortly, we are unlikely to seek out any examples of this type of Viking art today. While art right now tends to be created purely to be admired, Viking art seemed to have been used to embellish functional objects. For example, doors were embellished …
