Today I noticed that the drawing that is behind the disk in the cover of Origin looked like it was in the same style as the dragons that is used as band logo. So I googled Gerhard Munthe, the artist who made the dragons (for use in Heimskringla ), and I noticed that his drawings had been used a lot of times in Borknagar releases. Here's the ones I've found:
Logo:
Inside the cover of Origin:
Last page of The Olden Domain booklet:
The self titled album (re-release) has 6 pieces of Munthe art in the booklet:
Are there any meaning to these drawings? From what I've understood every one of Gerhard Munthes drawings relate to a chapter or a saga in Heimskringla, maybe there's some hidden meaning hidden somewhere? Probably not, but at least some of you might have discovered an amazing artist from this post.
Logo:
Inside the cover of Origin:
Last page of The Olden Domain booklet:
The self titled album (re-release) has 6 pieces of Munthe art in the booklet:
Are there any meaning to these drawings? From what I've understood every one of Gerhard Munthes drawings relate to a chapter or a saga in Heimskringla, maybe there's some hidden meaning hidden somewhere? Probably not, but at least some of you might have discovered an amazing artist from this post.