Lena Liepe, born 1962, is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

, who since 2017 is

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in art history at

Linnaeus University Linnaeus University (LNU) () is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University a ...

, Sweden. She has worked at the

University of Lund Lund University () is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially founded in 1666 on the ...

, Sweden, University of Tromsø, Norway and

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, Norway. Her main research areas are

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

art history,

art theory Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy,'' , acces ...

and method,

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perspective on medieval art, and

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ic medieval

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. In her research she has focused on how

museums in Sweden This is a list of museums in Sweden. By county Blekinge *Marinmuseum * Ropewalk (Karlskrona) Dalarna *Great Copper Mountain *Zorn Collections Gävleborg *Swedish Railway Museum Gotland *Gotland Museum Halland *Bexell Cottage *Ekomuseum ned ...

grew out of 19th century displays of medieval church art, and for the moment she completes a major work on the importance of

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains or personal effects of a saint or other person preserved for the purpose of veneration as a tangible memorial. Reli ...

s in medieval church art. Her broad approach to the studies of medieval art and illuminations have had a deep impact in the Nordic research in the different areas she has covered, and she has also been recognized internationally. She is a member of

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

, International Centre for Medieval Art (ICMA) and Swedish Art Critics Association (AICA). She has received two of the largest prices for research in the humanities in the Nordic countries: Jarl Gallén’s price 2016 to “a renowned Nordic medieval historian”, and Gad Rausing’s price 2019 for “her pioneering and profound studies of Nordic medieval art”.The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities announcement of the prize (in Swedish)
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Bibliography

* 1995 ''Den medeltida träskulpturen i Skåne. Produktion och förvärv'' (The Medieval Wooden Sculpture in Scania. Production and Acquisition). Skånsk senmedeltid och renässans 14, Lund: Lund University Press (Ph.D.-thesis). * 1995 ''Den medeltida träskulpturen i Skåne. En bilddokumentation'' (The Medieval Wooden Sculpture in Scania. A documentation in Pictures). Skånsk senmedeltid och renässans 15, Lund: Lund University Press (volume of pictures for Ph.D.-thesis). * 2001 ''Medieval Stone Churches of Northern Norway. The Interpretation of Architecture as a Historical Process'', Tromsø: Ravnetrykk 25. * 2003 ''Den medeltida kroppen. Kroppens och könets ikonografi i nordisk medeltid'' (The Medieval Body. The Iconography of Body and Genus in Nordic Middle Ages), Lund : Nordic Academic Press. * 2003 ''Tegn, symbol og tolkning: Om forståelse og fortolkning af middelalderens bilder'' (Sign, Symbol and Interpretation. On Understanding and Interpretation of Pictures in the Middle Ages), Köpenhamn: Museum Tusculanum. * 2007 ''Konst och visuell kultur i Sverige. Före 1809'' (Art and Visual Culture in Sweden. Before 1809), Stockholm: Atlantis. * 2009 ''Studies in Icelandic Fourteenth Century Book Painting'', Reykholt: Snorrastofa, rit. vol. VI. * 2018 ''A Case for the Middle Ages. The Public Display of Medieval Church Art in Sweden 1847–1943'', Stockholm: The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.

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Publications in the British Library

Publications in Library of Congress
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