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Art of the islands : Celtic, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon and Viking visual culture, c.450-1050 /

Title:
Art of the islands : Celtic, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon and Viking visual culture, c.450-1050 /
Author:
Brown, Michelle (Michelle P.), author.
Format:
Book, Image
Institution:
MassArt
Contents:
Introduction: art and the islands in historical context -- Migration and conversion: art in the melting pot, c.300-700 (Roman Britain, Germanic impact, conversion, Ireland) -- Aspects of insular art, c.600-850 (Insular manuscripts, Northumbrian art, Pictish stones, early Irish metalwork, insular art and the continent) -- Southumbrian art in the eighth to ninth centuries: expansionism and exoticism (Mercian art, Tiberius manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture, Near Eastern influences) -- The islands after the Viking impact, c.800-1100 (art in Wessex, Wales, Alba, Cornwall, Man and Ireland) -- Later Anglo-Saxon England: art, state and identity, c.950-1050 (monastic reform, Anglo-Scandinavian art, art on the eve of the Norman conquest) -- Epilogue: enduring influences -- Bibliography -- Image credits -- Index.

Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
MassArt Main
N6762 .B76 2016Available