Medieval Art and Architecture

At the beginning of the medieval period, that is in the 6th century, works of art were rare and costly objects in the hands of secular elites, monasteries or major churches. Religious works of art were produced by monks.

By the end of the Middle Ages, in the 15th century, artists from the clergy were the exception, and works of art could be looked at by many people.

Here you can see the Rabula Gospel, a Syriac Gospel book completed in 586.

The manuscript is illuminated, with the text framed in floral and architectural motifs. The miniaturist followed the Persian tradition of ornamental design.

In the late 15th or early 16th century, the manuscript was taken by the Maronite Patriarch to the Laurentian Library in Florence, where it is today.

This is one richly decorated object from the Osberg ship grave. It is the ship's head post.The Osberg ship is a well-preserved ship found in Norway near the Osberg farm. Many facts make it seem possible that the ship was buried in the 9th century in a burial mound.

Romanesque art is the period from 1000 to the rise of the Gothic art in the 12th century. At that time, a lot of big churches and cathedrals were built

The style was first developed in France, but later spread throghout Europe.it is characterised by round arches and windows and vaulted roofs.

Gothic art developed in France out of Romanesque art in the mid-12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It continued well into the 16th century, before being subsumed into Renaissance art.

Primary media in the Gothic period included sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, fresco and illuminated manuscript.

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