The development of Christian art in Denmark began c.960 under royal patronage and developed gradually over the following century, adopting and adapting ideas from other parts of western Europe. The canonisation of King Cnut (died 1086) provided a national saint. Around 1100, his sister Gunhild commissioned an ivory cross which may have been donated to Odense, where Cnut was martyred. The ideology of the imagery and the inscriptions echo the rhetoric around Cnut's sanctity.

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Gunhild 的十字架：通过丹麦看到罗马式的杰作

丹麦基督教艺术的发展始于公元 960 年左右，在皇室的赞助下，并在接下来的一个世纪中逐渐发展，采用和改编了西欧其他地区的思想。克努特国王（卒于 1086 年）的封圣提供了一位国家圣人。大约在 1100 年，他的妹妹冈希尔德委托制作了一个象牙十字架，这可能是捐赠给欧登塞，克努特在那里殉难。图像和铭文的意识形态呼应了围绕 Cnut 神圣性的修辞。