Pedersen Apse in Ribe Cathedral

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by Henk Bekker

Pedersen Apse in Ribe Cathedral

Nothing in the church is more controversial than the decoration of the apse. During the 1980s COBRA artist Carl Henning Pedersen (1913-2007) redecorated the apse with frescoes, stained glass and mosaics in a very bright modernist expressionist style. This Himmellængsel (Longing for Heaven) work combines mostly themes from the Old Testament with some fantasy elements.