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100 A.D. Bronze Water Spout in the Form of a Lion Mask
These bronse pieces are from the late Hellenistic or Early Imperial period. They are Greek or Roman. These were used to adourn a monumental nymphaeum. -
Period: 100 to Jan 1, 1201
The Arts Between 1AD and 1200AD
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Cinerary Chest 110 A.D.
This is a carved Marble Cinerary Chest with Lid. It is of Roman creation and ifs from the Imperial period. There is an inscription that tranilates into English as Spirits of the Dead. It was crreated during the Flavian Dynasty. The theme is funeral art. -
200
Mosaic - "Amorous Scene" 200A.D.
"Amorous Scene
Tile Mosaic, by Centocelle. It is housed in Vienna Austria at the Museum of art and History. Sexuality was a popular theme in art during this period. -
250
Erotic Scene 250AD. Roman
Erotic Snece
This is an example of an Erotic Scene which is common for this period. This painting is of unknown origin. -
250
3rd Century A.D. Greek Theater
3rd Century Greek Theater This is an example of 3rd Century A.D. Greek Theater. "The oldest existing spaces to be classified as “theatrical areas” are in four Minoan palaces on the island of Crete (Encyclopedia Brittanica). " Theaters like this one were used to share poetry and Greek Tragedies. -
400
Rotunda of St George 400A.D.
Rotunda of St George
Located in Sofia Bulgaria. This came from the Roman take over period. It is the oldest building in the city. -
510
Litterature - By Nonnus 5th Century A.D.
<ahref='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/164220/Dionysiaca' >Dionysiaca - Greek Litterature</a> Written by the Greek Poet Nonnus this is an example of Nonliturgical poetry. "Dionysiaca was composed in Homeric language and metre, but it reads as an extended panegyric on Dionysus rather than as an epic. Nonnus is plausibly credited with a paraphrase (Encyclopedia Britannica). " -
553
Piyyut - Jewish Literature
Jewish LiteratureIs one type of liturgical composition or religious poem used for religious service. Byzantine emperor Justinian banned religion and this type of poem was used to get around the ban. -
Nov 29, 650
Litterature- History of the Franks
History of The Franks This is an example of Latin Litterature. -
Nov 29, 714
Church of Santa Maria Foris 7th Century A.D.
Church of Santa Maria An example of Lombard Architecture. This church is known for the frescoes inside. -
Jan 1, 1000
Music from the year 1000 Urbs Jerusalem
Romanesque Culture Music from the Year 1000
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Jan 1, 1005
Literature - Beowulf
Beowulf - British Literary Board "Beowulf is the longest epic poem in Old English, the language spoken in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest. More than 3,000 lines long, Beowulf relates the exploits of its eponymous hero, and his successive battles with a monster, named Grendel, with Grendel’s revengeful mother, and with a dragon which was guarding a hoard of treasure (Beowulf)." -
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Nov 29, 1100
Heavenly Ladder of St John Klimakos late 1100A.D.
Icon of the Heavenly Ladder of St John KlimakosThis is a painting from the Byzantine art period. It is rumored this painting had something to do with the design of the classic board game Shutes & Ladders. -
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Gregorian Chant 950 A.D.
Gregorian Chant "The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant, comprising not only the Church music of the early Middle Ages, but also later compositions (elaborate melodies for the Ordinary of the Mass, sequences, etc.) written in a similar style down to the sixteenth century and even in modern times (Gregorian Chant)." -
Buddha Maitreya Bronze statue 486 A.D.
Buddha Maitreya
From the Northern Wie Dynasty in China. "This sculpture, which is the largest early gilt bronze statue known from China, remains one of the best examples of the use of a distinctive style of drapery in Chinese art from about 460 to 490 (Heilbrunn). " -
Hripsime Church 618A.D. - Architecture by Catholicos Komitas I.
Hripsime Church 100_2588_ripsime "Hripsime church is situated 20 km west from Yerevan. This universally recognized masterpiece of Christian architecture was consecrated in 618 by Catholicos Komitas I. At the very beginning of the 4th century there stood a small Christian structure here, which had appeared on the site of a destroyed pagan temple (In the)." -
Litterature- Arabian Nights 947A.D.
Arabian Nights "The first known reference to the Nights is a 9th-century fragment. It is next mentioned in 947 by al-Masʿūdī in a discussion of legendary stories from Iran, India, and Greece, as the Persian Hazār afsāna, “A Thousand Tales,” (Encyclopedia Britannica)
