The word “medieval” is reminiscent of the famous story of King Arthur and his knights around the famous round table. However, this is only a small fraction of those of another era of expansion of medieval art, beholding some of the most beautiful works of art. The early period of Medieval Art spans over 1000 years, is geographically in Europe, Middle East and North America. The prolific medieval period witnessed the dawn of the art multi-stage, early Christian period of migration, Celtic, Byzantine, Islamic, pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Gothic, with each period of diversification in other time zones. In short, art is a mixture of several artistic movements, such as classical, Christian, pagan and the Arts.
One of the most important periods in the history of the early Middle Ages Art is the period of migration. The works produced during this period, known to the Germans and the inspirations of Eastern Europe that were in the passage of the third century to the ninth century (300-900). The history of the migration period is traced back to the third century when the Roman Empire fell to the Germans. In fact, the number of Germans in the army and the increase of about the sixth century, the small and politically less organized, but dynamic German Kingdoms, a replacement of the entire Western Roman Empire.
Although cosmopolitan, the German groups share a common cultural background, “Mobile Art”, focusing on the practical implementation and operation of weapons, tools and jewelry. In fact, this work included portable ornaments that could be buried in the tomb as an act of restoration of dead spirits, protect people who live. The main styles that have dominated art in the early medieval period of migration “Polychrome Style,” “Animal Style” and “Hibernates-Saxon.”
The Polychrome Style “of the Goths, in the Black Sea, which includes works of art such as figurines and objects of gold, adorned with precious stones. The most obvious example of this style is reflected in the fourth century Pietrossa treasure” ( fourth century), in Romania, with a large golden eagle pin. Other examples include a “Polychrome Sword” (V century), the Tomb of King of the Franks Childeric I, “Polychrome Visigothic votive crown” (v. 670) of the former king of Toledo, Recceswinth and “Editing German belt (seventh century), in Weingarten.
The origin, Scandinavia, northern Germany, and Anglo-Saxon England, “Animal Style” of the migration period, was carried out in the fifth century. The work of this philosophy includes zoomorphic motifs to the implementation of the chip size of copper and silver . In fact, the chip was introduced to sculpture in this style. The works represented here as twin animal, surreal, exaggerated, and / or fragmentation of body parts. These images filled almost every available space in the artistic medium, so the feeling of vitality of the work. “Hilt Sword Vendela Norwegian, Norway, and Perone (400-50 AD), the island Osland and Gold Purse lid” (625), Sutton Hoo, England, are good examples of the “Animal Style. In the late seventh century, the style that the Christian religious influence, the transition from gasoline Germanic art form in the Mediterranean.
Early Medieval Art Another style of the migration period, was “Hibernates of Saxony-art” or “Island of Art”, reflects the fusion of “animal style” (German) and “Celtic Art” (Ireland), especially on ” illuminated manuscripts. The style began in the late seventh century and continued until the ninth century. Hibernates of Saxony-Some works are works of craftsmanship with Texts “and” Carpet Page “, referring to the ORNES pages without text. The “Book of Durrow” (late seventh century) and “Lindisfarne Gospels” (late seventh century or early eighth century), Northumbria, are examples of the work here.
Tara Brooch and the Goblet Ardahan is the splendor of the era of the migration of metals, which started in the seventh century. Early Period Medieval mix media art, metalwork, ornamentation, in water The sculpture and the chips and glass to produce a work of art.
High Cross, built mainly in Ireland, United Kingdom and Scandinavia, recounting the history of stone decorated with carvings of the period of migration, such as “High Muiredach Cross in Ireland. The chapter of the era of migration on early medieval art book is undoubtedly one of the most prosperous of all.