Styles Explained

What is typically Ottonian, Romanesque, or Gothic? Find out here!

Styles Explained: from Late Antique to Renaissance

What is typically Ottonian, Romanesque, or Gothic? What distinguishes a Carolingian manuscript and how do the Southern and Northern Renaissances differ? Find out here!

Late-Antique

Does the poetry of Virgil speak to you? Are you interested in the medical knowledge of Pedanius Dioscorides, a Greek…

Insular

How is it that some of the finest illuminated manuscripts originated from the so-called “Dark Ages”? Come and found out…

Carolingian

What happens when a mighty emperor like Charlemagne assembles Europe’s greatest scholars and artists at his court? A…

Ottonian

The Ottonian dynasty sought to assert itself as the heirs to the Western Roman Empire and the peers of the Byzantines in…

Byzantine

How can an artistic style remain remarkably homogeneous for nearly a millennium? We call them Byzantines today, but they…

Romanesque

The first international European artistic movement was vigorous, innovative, and yet coherent, seamlessly blending…

Gothic

Gothic illumination is some of the most spectacular and iconic imagery of medieval art and first emerged in Northern…

Renaissance

What does the word “Renaissance” bring to mind for you? Art, science, and culture of course! It was a "rebirth" and…

Pre-Columbian

Have you ever wondered what life was like in the America’s before the arrival of Europeans? The manuscripts of the…

Early Prints

Do you know why the year 1439 should always be remembered? It is the year that Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing…

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