File:Monreale_BW_2012-10-09_09-52-40.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- medieval architecture
- Image
- Galería Uffizi, Florencia, Italia, 2022-09-18, DD 26.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Medieval art
- topic's main category
- Category:Medieval art
- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/medieval_art
- time period
- Middle Ages
- replaced by
- Renaissance
via Wikidata · CC0
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Byzantine Church mosaics, Monreale, Sicily, late 12th century
The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, with over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists' crafts, and the artists themselves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “medieval art” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.