Golden Age of Irish Art The Medieval Achievement, 600-1200

Name: Golden Age of Irish Art The Medieval Achievement, 600-1200
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ISBN: 9780500019276

ISBN-10: 0500019274

ISBN-13: 9780500019276

Edition: 2000

Authors: Peter Harbison

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In manuscript illumination and luxury metalwork, Medieval Ireland led the world. This flowering of the arts was the result of religion. However, most of the art is undocumented and this book provides a serious assessment of the subject.

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 9.50" wide x 12.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 5.588
Language: English

Peter Harbison is a professor of archaeology.



Preface



Prehistoric Forebears



Early Christian Rebirth



The Seventh Century



The Eighth Century - an Apogee



Manuscripts of the Eighth and Early Ninth Centuries



Metalwork of around the Year 800



Stone High Crosses of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries



The Early Churches



Towards the Turn of the Millennium



The Eleventh Century and the Rise of Dublin



Late Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Metalwork



Twelfth-Century Churches and Crosses


Epilogue


Bibliography


Photo Credits


Index