Medieval style art

Fantasy city of castles in a portrait of a medieval woman in the style of cross hatching lino cut print. Unknown artist.

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This was an assignment for school. We had to make a poster that was would capture the style of a certain era of graphic design. I was inspired by the illustrated books of later Middle Ages, particularly Biblica pauperum (Pauper's Bible). I also included my own interpretation of the Danse Macabre, which was a common theme in religious art. Some of the texts have been taken from the modern Finnish translation of the Bible and some are just nonsense written by me. Translations for the texts in…

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Some stories are so good that they’re told over and over again, morphing in their details but staying the same in their essence. In Europe’s High Middle...

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Tim’s knowledge of historical styles and techniques have enabled him to carry out accurate facsimiles, as well as re-interpretations of medieval illuminated letters and borders. He has replicated several ancient documents as part of a project on the history of Merton Priory, including a full copy of the Magna Carta. […]

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Easy-to-hang canvas print with that airy "floating off the wall" look Canvas is 15/64 inch (4mm) thick with clean folded edges With wooden rear spacer, print stands 3/4 inch (2cm) away from the wall Mount directly to the wall using included 3M tabs No nails, screws, or holes in the wall required Since every item is made just for you by your local third-party fulfiller, there may be slight variances in the product received

Monasteries were vital (if not always successful) protectors of art and historical documents, too, especially in times of turmoil such as warfare, Viking raids or heresies like iconoclasm in the 8th and 9th centuries CE when religious art was ruthlessly destroyed and seen as blasphemous. Due to these efforts, we can today read texts not only from medieval times but also antiquity thanks to the labour of copyist monks and the monasteries which preserved those texts.

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