Late Saxon and Viking Art

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Late Saxon and Viking Art (1949) is a lavishly-illustrated examination of the art of the Saxon era - the carvings, sculpture, illustrations, drawings and paintings that emerged from the Anglo-Saxon and Viking cultures.

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Late Saxon and Viking Art (1949) is a lavishly-illustrated examination of the art of the Saxon era the carvings, sculpture, illustrations, drawings and paintings that emerged from the Anglo-Saxon and Viking cultures.

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1. Winchester Illumination: the Main Development 2. Winchester Illumination: the Scientific Books 3. Winchester Illumination: Initials 4. The Inhabited Scroll 5. Sculpture: West Saxon Figure-Carvings 6. Sculpture: Northumbrian Styles 7. Sculpture: Round-Shafts of North Mercia 8. Sculpture: Danish Mercia and the Anglian Styles 9. Sculpture: London and Essex 10. Viking Art: the Jellinge Style 11. Viking Art: the Ringerike Style 12. Viking Art: the Urnes Style 13. The Norman Conquest and After: Manuscripts 14. The Norman Conquest and After: Sculpture