Anglo-Saxon Art: A New HistoryThe seven centuries of the Anglo-Saxon period in England, roughly AD 400-1100, were a time of extraordinary and profound transformation in almost every aspect of its culture, culminating in a dramatic shift from a barbarian society to a recognizably medieval civilization. This book traces the changing nature of that art, the different roles it played in Anglo-Saxon culture, and the various ways it both reflected and influenced the changing context in which it was created. |
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8th century acanthus Alfred Alfred Jewel Alfred's Anglian Anglo Anglo-Saxon art Anglo-Saxon England animal ornament artefacts artistic Barberini Gospels beasts Bischofshofen British Museum buckle burial Byzantine Canterbury Carolingian carpet pages carved Casket Celtic centre Chapter chrismatory Christ Christian church cm British Library cm British Museum coins coloured context copper-alloy creatures cross Crucifixion culture Danelaw decoration depictions Diam early medieval ecclesiastical eighth century eleventh evangelist example figure Frankish Franks Casket garnet Germanic gilded gold gospel-books human iconography images influence inlays inscription Insular interlace Irish ivory jewellery Kent king late Roman later Lindisfarne Gospels manuscripts Mercian metalwork Minster models monastery motifs niello ninth century Northumbria originally painted panel period Psalter Quoit Brooch Rome royal Saxon Scandinavian scenes sculpture secular seen seventh century shrine silver Silver-gilt Staffordshire Staffordshire Hoard stone style stylized surviving Sutton Hoo sword symbols tenth texts tion tradition versions Viking vine scrolls visual warrior Winchester