Medieval Art
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Early Medieval Art ( 5th - 11th century ) Hiberno-saxon art : 6th-8th centuries in the British Isles Viking art : 8th-11th centuries in Scandinavia Carolingian art : 8th-9th centuries in France and Germany Ottonian art : 10th-early 11th centuries in Germany The Middle Ages of the European world covers approximately 1,000 years of art history in Europe, and at times extended into the Middle East and North Africa. The Early Middle Ages is generally dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 CE) to approximately 1000, which marks the beginning of the Romanesque period. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres , and revivals. Early medieval art exists in many media. The works that remain in large numbers include sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, and mosaics, all of which have had a higher survival rate than fresco wall-paintings and works in precious metals or textiles such as tapestries. In