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Art during the Dark Ages

  • The beginning of Byzantine and Medieval art, mosaic art and Orthodox icon painting were the greatest features of art in this period
    500

    The beginning of Byzantine and Medieval art, mosaic art and Orthodox icon painting were the greatest features of art in this period

  • The Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and also as the seat of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, but during the Fourth Crusaders it was turned in a Roman Catholic cathedral
    532

    The Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and also as the seat of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, but during the Fourth Crusaders it was turned in a Roman Catholic cathedral

  • Insular manuscripts as Cathach of St. Columba, the oldest irish manuscript ever found it has decorated letters. Book of Durrow is the earliest Gospel Book that survived from that time
    550

    Insular manuscripts as Cathach of St. Columba, the oldest irish manuscript ever found it has decorated letters. Book of Durrow is the earliest Gospel Book that survived from that time

  • Oils such as walnut is first used as oil-resin varnishes for paintings on  glass and stone
    700

    Oils such as walnut is first used as oil-resin varnishes for paintings on glass and stone

  • Medieval Christian artwork appear during the Carolingian Renaissance
    780

    Medieval Christian artwork appear during the Carolingian Renaissance

    it shows that the Church was the strongest instituition in that time, because it's the only subject of art developed in that time, it include the Irish manuscripts, Byzantine art and almost all the art and architecture of the churches
  • Illumination showing the Black Plague, this fact was so shocking and there was too many deaths that artists in that time show facts like this mass burial
    1349

    Illumination showing the Black Plague, this fact was so shocking and there was too many deaths that artists in that time show facts like this mass burial

  • The Limbourg Brothers show a more realistic work, developing things such as shadows and woodsmoke
    1415

    The Limbourg Brothers show a more realistic work, developing things such as shadows and woodsmoke