▁most ▁of ▁Europe ▁the ▁transition ▁in ▁painting ▁styles ▁was ▁less ▁ab rupt ▁than ▁in ▁architecture . ▁P ain ting ▁styles ▁are ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁areas ▁of ▁North ▁Germany ▁and ▁South ▁Sweden , ▁especially ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁Sc ania , ▁which ▁was ▁Dan ish ▁territory ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁ ▁Roman es que ▁period ▁With ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁stone ▁churches , ▁Roman es que ▁art ▁came ▁to ▁Den mark ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁Europe , ▁with ▁influ ences ▁mostly ▁from ▁North ▁Germany ▁and ▁the ▁Ang lo - N orm an ▁English ▁Channel ▁area , ▁and ▁possibly ▁even ▁some ▁from ▁Spain ▁and ▁Italy . ▁Some ▁of ▁this ▁no ▁doubt ▁came ▁from ▁imported ▁manuscript s ; ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁surv iving ▁" ind igen ous ▁ill umin ated ▁manuscript s ▁of ▁significance " ▁from ▁Sc and in avia ▁in ▁this ▁period . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁churches ▁in ▁Se aland , ▁especially ▁those ▁in ▁M å l ø v , ▁J ø rl unde , ▁S lag l ille , ▁S æ by ▁and ▁Kir ke ▁Hy ll inge , ▁have ▁highly ▁art istic ▁mur als ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century . ▁The ▁colours ▁were ▁often ▁imported ▁at ▁considerable ▁cost ▁and ▁the ▁paint ings , ▁usually ▁of ▁figures , ▁were ▁true ▁fres cos , ▁completed ▁on ▁wet ▁pl aster ▁in ▁tradition ally ▁geomet rical ▁compos itions ▁with ▁a ▁blue ▁or ▁green ▁background . ▁Several ▁Se aland ▁church ▁a ps