Periods, Cultures, Styles > Late Medieval
Late Medieval
15th century art north of the Alps that is NOT associated with the Renaissance.
Basics to get you started

The life of Christ in medieval and Renaissance art

The medieval calendar

The role of the workshop in late medieval and early modern northern Europe

Musical imagery in the Global Middle Ages

The work of the scribe

The medieval origins of the modern footnote

The bestiary (book of beasts) in the medieval world, an introduction

Decorating the book

Architecture and liturgy

Clasps: hugging a medieval book

Listening to the medieval book

Making books for profit in medieval times

Making Manuscripts: The Page

Manuscripts: major works of art

Mapping the world

Medieval books in leather (and other materials)

Medieval churches: sources and forms

Medieval goldsmiths

Medieval manuscripts, an introduction

Medieval notepads

Medieval supermodels

Skins and scraps

The Alchemy of Color and Chemical Change in Medieval Manuscripts

The Medieval and Renaissance Altarpiece

The Bestiary

Tiny timeline: global Europe

Written in the Stars: Astronomy and Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts

Pilgrimage souvenirs

Dante’s Divine Comedy in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance art
Works of Art
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St. George and the Dragon, Storkyrkan Stockholm, c. 1490 (photo: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0)