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Fine Arts of the Anglo-Saxons

Fine Arts of the Anglo-Saxons . By Athena Cahill. Time Period. Began with the Migration Period Artwork of the Germanic people (300-900 ) Polychrome Style Animal Style Ended in 1066 with the Norman Conquest Most important centuries were the 7 th and 8th

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Fine Arts of the Anglo-Saxons

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  1. Fine Arts of the Anglo-Saxons By Athena Cahill

  2. Time Period • Beganwith the Migration Period • Artwork of the Germanic people (300-900) • Polychrome Style • Animal Style • Ended in 1066 with the Norman Conquest • Most important centuries were the 7th and 8th • This was when Sutton Hoo occurred

  3. Sutton Hoo • Ship used for burial purposes in the Old English poem Beowulf • King was buried with a multitude of treasures • It is from this place that many jewelry and metalwork pieces are found • Swords, bowls, silverware, coins, drinking cups, cauldron were found

  4. Survival of the Arts • Illuminated manuscripts • Anglo-Saxon architecture • Ivory carvings • Hardly any metalwork survived • Raid of A-S churches

  5. Preservation • Artists worked in: • Fresco • Stone • Ivory • Whalebone • Metalwork • Glass • Enamel • Some of these were able to be excavated, and others were preserved in churches

  6. Illuminated Manuscripts • Insular art • Influences from Mediterranean, Celtic and German styles • Gregorian mission • Carpet pages • Insular initials • Borders with interlace corners

  7. Metalwork • Round disk brooches were the most preferred metals • Gold and Garnet showed higher status • Many metalwork came from Sutton Hoo • Most of the larger works were lost • Some small things still remain • Not many • Metal-detecting helped discover more of these artifacts

  8. Sculptures • Huge stone sculptures in the shape of crosses remain • May have been painted once • Most of it was worn and weathered • Most significant remaining sculpture is St. Cuthbert’s coffin • Durhan Cathedral • Approximately made in 698 • Linear images • Crosses on it

  9. Wall Art • According to literature, wall art was common • Little has been preserved • Mainly fragments have been found • Painted face on a reused stone • Winchester • Before 903

  10. Ivory Carvings • Ivory and Bone carving • Walrus bone • Whale bone • Also very common • Mixture of Pagan and Christian influences • Inscriptions on the carvings • Runes in Latin and Old English

  11. Textile Art • What AS England was famous for • Textile art of embroidery and tapestry • Few examples remain • Thread was used for other things instead • Famous Bayeux Tapestry • Embroidered in wool on linen • Story of the Normal conquest • Best known AS work of art • These kinds of tapestries were everywhere • Mainly Churches and wealthy houses

  12. Present-Day • Little art survives • Massive destruction of churches destroyed most of it • AS art style was very iconographical • There were hidden meaning in the art • Portrayed many different things • Animals • Wars • Religion

  13. Bibliography • http://www.culture24.org.uk/ • http://www.coinlink.com • http://www3.gettysburg.edu/ • http://www.britishmuseum.org/ • http://www.flickr.com/ • http://rpmedia.ask.com/ • http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ • http://ic.galegroup.com/ • http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/ • http://www.runemaker.com/

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