# Saga Literature and Its Relation to Modern Visual Arts and Music

The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping of Icelandic Culture," featured five sessions presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Old Icelandic studies. Today's session,"Saga Literature and Its Relation to Modern Visual Arts and Music," featured Andrew Wawn, United Kingdom: "Picturing the Sagas: Some Victorian Perspectives"; and Adalsteinn Ingolfsson, Iceland: "Icelandic Modern Art and the Sagas: Constructing and Deconstructing a Heritage."

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2000
- By: Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division
- Genres: Education, History, Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688071/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021688071?play=1)