Early Medieval Art

1. When was the medieval period?
2. Be able to identify the country of origin of the Vikings, Celts, Visigoths, Franks, Gauls, Angles, Saxons, Lombards, Bretons as wellas the cultures of the Anglo-Saxons and Hiberno-Saxons.
3. What did the original Germanic people emhasize in their art?
4. What is the "horror vacuii"?
5. Describe stylistically the purse cover recovered from the burial site at Sutton Hoo.
6. Describe the technique of cloisonné.
7. What does the Celtic "animal style" refer to?
8. What is the difference between a rune stone and a picture stone? What was their purpose and who erected them?
9. In what artistic style was the burial ship from Oseberg created?
10. Why are so many examples of barbarian art so small?
11. What is the subject matter of most barbarian manuscript illumination? Is this surprising?
12. Why was so much time and tedious effort spent on Christian manuscript illuminations?
13. Who was most responsible for the spread of Christianity in Europe?
14. What are the three main rules governing the animal style in manuscript illumination?
15. What are the three types of ornamental book pages? Be able to identify an example of each.
16. What does Cho Rho, or Chi Rho Iota symbolize?
17. What is an ichthus?
18. What sometimes happened when a mistake was made in copying a manuscript?