Art of the Islands
Celtic, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon and Viking Visual Culture, c. 450-1050
Distributed for the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
240 pages
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120 color plates
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8 1/4 x 10
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© 2015
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Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction: Art and the islands in historical context
1 Migration and conversion: art in the melting pot, c. 300—700
2 Aspects of Insular art, c.600—850
3 Southumbrian art in the eighth to ninth centuries: expansionism and exoticism
4 The islands after the Viking impact, c.800—1100
5 Later Anglo-Saxon England: art, state and identity, c.950—1050
Epilogue: Enduring influences
Bibliography
Image credits
Index
1 Migration and conversion: art in the melting pot, c. 300—700
2 Aspects of Insular art, c.600—850
3 Southumbrian art in the eighth to ninth centuries: expansionism and exoticism
4 The islands after the Viking impact, c.800—1100
5 Later Anglo-Saxon England: art, state and identity, c.950—1050
Epilogue: Enduring influences
Bibliography
Image credits
Index
Review Quotes
Laura Cleaver, Trinity College Dublin
“This book offers an impressively wide ranging, yet accessible, account of the arts of Britain and Ireland in the Early Middle Ages. Drawing upon a rich and diverse body of evidence (which is beautifully illustrated), including famous works and recent finds, it convincingly demonstrates the intellectual and manual creativity of the peoples who lived in the period once known as the ‘Dark Ages’.”
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