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Early Christian
Refers to the culture, styles, and period of the first centuries of Christianity in the parts of Europe that were not part of the Byzantine Empire. Sometimes also called Late Antique. Also the line between Early Christian and Early Medieval is not precise.
Basics to get you started
Early Christianity, an introduction
Early Christian art and architecture after Constantine
Classicism and the Early Middle Ages
A new pictorial language: the image in early medieval art
The life of Christ in medieval and Renaissance art
The medieval calendar
Art Appreciation: Religion—comparisons and connections
Who’s who? How to recognize saints…
The medieval origins of the modern footnote
Architecture and liturgy
Clasps: hugging a medieval book
Medieval churches: sources and forms
The Alchemy of Color and Chemical Change in Medieval Manuscripts
The Bestiary
Pilgrimage souvenirs
Works of Art
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