Beowulf is described by the British museum as an epic poem – “the longest epic poem in Old English.” Written in Anglo-Saxon‚ it is more the 3‚000 lines and tells of the hero Beowulf‚ his defeat of monsters‚ and his rule over the Geats. No information exists to date Beowulf’s composition or its author. These are lost to history. However‚ the story‚ a classic tale of good versus evil set in 6th century‚ and the manuscript‚ commonly believed to have been copied sometime in the 10th or 11th century‚
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The term Viking is generally applied to medieval Scandinavian culture as it prospered between the 8th-11th centuries CE. Viking art‚ also known as Norse art or the art of Scandinavia included the British Isles and Iceland. It has design elements in common with Celtic‚ Germanic‚ Romanesque and Eastern European art. Besides being known as plunderers‚ the Vikings were also excellent tradesmen and known for being traders along their coasts. They traded timber‚ amber‚ furs‚ and slaves with Byzantine
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The Book of Kells is perceived to hold a historical significance for many reasons. It is an intriguing object of study. It reveals insights on religious‚ economic‚ and social praxis of the time which it was created in [1]‚ the early medieval life in Ireland. This manuscript allows us to learn of the monastic community status within the community at the time. [2] Parts of the Book of Kells was rumoured to have originated from Durrow and Iona as well as others from the continent but later moved to
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ABC’s of Alphabet Books. (n.d.). Retrieved August 31‚ 2014‚ from New Hampshire Public Television website: http://www.nhptv.org/authors/alphabet.asp “Chapter One – Colonial Missionaries and Their Schools” from Reyhner‚ J.‚ & Eder‚ J. (2004). American Indian Education: A History. Norman‚ OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Carty‚ B.‚ Macready‚ S.‚ & Sayers‚ E.E. (2009). “A grave and gractious woman”: Deaf people and signed language in colonial New England. Sign Language Studies‚ 9(3)‚ 287-323. Hiner
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ARTH*1510 Midterm 2: Compare and Contrast Augustus Primaporta 7.10 Origin: Rome Size: Height 6’8” Material: Marble Period: 20 ce Style: Veristic style‚ with stress on maturity‚ turned to Hellenizing style Description: Portraits see him as ageless‚ as seen in statue References to previous art and historical events to strengthen his authority Next to right ankle‚ a cupid playfully riding a dolphin‚ Cupid‚ or Eros‚ the Son of Venus‚ symbolized descent from Goddess of love through his ancestor Aeneas
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Matthew cross-carpet page‚ St. Luke portrait page‚ and the St. Luke incipit page. It was created in early medieval‚ or Hiberno Saxon‚ Europe‚ around 700 C.E. The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript‚ created using ink‚ pigments‚ and gold on vellum. The work is known for its decorative patterning and its abstracted zoomorphic representations. “Carpet pages” depict decorative panels of abstract and zoomorphic motifs. The Lindisfarne Gospels exemplify traditional Hiberno-Saxon illuminated manuscripts
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The time between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is known in history as a time of great change in Western culture. It has been said that “art reflects life‚” so as culture changes across the centuries‚ so does visual art. A review of the history of art from the end of the Middle Ages to the early Renaissance also reveals many significant changes in visual features over this time period. One major change in the arts occurred in a shift of the subject of the art itself. Artists in the Middle Ages
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The Classical and Medieval West The Medieval period ‚ this is a period beginning at about 5th century to the 15 century. The 5th century would put it in the era the last Emperor of the West Roman Empire abdicated in favor of the Emperor of the East Roman Emperor‚ but it is also referred to as the date of the "fall of Rome." From the 5th century East Roman Empire would lasted nearly another thousand years‚ and finally fell in 1453. bringing rise to the Byzantine Empire. But the important thing
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I. INTRODUCTION A bookcase‚ or bookshelf‚ is a piece of furniture‚ almost always with horizontal shelves‚ used to store books. It may be fitted with glass doors. A bookcase consists of a unit including two or more shelves which may not all be used to contain books or other printed materials. Shelves may be fixed or adjustable to different positions in the case. In rooms entirely devoted to the storage of books they may be permanently fixed to the walls and/or floor. Bookcases frequently have doors
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Ayoub Laissouf Books‚ Ink‚ and Bindings Introduction The development of the Islamic book art and bookbinding was a result of the need of a written document of the divine revelations that the prophet Muhammad received through the angel Gabriel from 610 AD until 632. The followers of the prophet memorized Quran and transmitted it orally‚ and they jotted it down on bones‚ camel shoulder blades‚ stones and several other materials. However‚ with the swift expansion of the Islam to other regions
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