From Attila to Charlemagne : arts of the early medieval period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / edited by Katharine Reynolds Brown, Dafydd Kidd, and Charles T. Little.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Katharine Reynolds.

Kidd, Dafydd.

Little, Charles T.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Series:

Metropolitan Museum of Art symposia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Decorative arts, Early Christian--Congresses.

Decorative arts, Early Christian.

Decorative arts, Medieval--Congresses.

Decorative arts, Medieval.

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913--Art collections--Congresses.

Morgan, J. Pierpont.

Art--Private collections--New York (State)--New York--Congresses.

Art.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Congresses.

Art--Private collections.

Art museums.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 395 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2000]

Summary:

The Early Medieval period (approximately A.D. 400-800) has traditionally been referred to as the Dark Ages or the Migration Period, yet the objects of personal adornment and everyday use from this era -- from elaborate weapon fittings and ornate buckles to intricate jewelry -- reveal a considerably more complex picture. In this book European and American specialists discuss the holdings of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in this area, presenting the first comprehensive study of this rich repository of arts from the many cultures and peoples forming early Europe, among them the Ostrogoths, Langobards, Franks, and Anglo-Saxons.

Of interest to scholars and laypersons, the publication of this book coincides with the opening of the Museum's new galleries for the arts of Byzantium and the Early Medieval period. It also inaugurates a series that will present the results of Metropolitan symposia at which scholars assess various aspects of the Museum's collections.

Contents:

1. Morgan

The Man and the Collector / William D. Wixom 2

2. Morgan and the Formation of the Early Medieval Collection / Katharine Reynolds Brown 8

3. The Golden Age of Merovingian Archaeology / Francoise Vallet 12

4. The Niederbreisig Collection / Elke Nieveler 28

5. From Attila to Charlemagne 42

6. Some Classical Elements in Migration Period Jewelry / Andrew Oliver 50

7. Late Roman and Early Byzantine Jewelry / Barbara Deppert-Lippitz 58

8. The Vermand Treasure / Horst Bohme 78

9. A Luxury Brooch from the Second Szilagy-Somlyo Treasure? / Volker Bierbrauer 90

10. Huns and Goths: Jewelry from the Ukraine and Southern Russia / Inciser Gurcay Damm 102

11. On the Frontiers of Byzantium 120

12. The Domagnano Treasure / Wilfried Menghin 132

13. The Langobardic Finds and the Archaeology of Central Italy / Lidia Paroli 140

14. Some "Langobardic" Earrings / Otto Prinz von Hessen 164

15. The Vrap Treasure / Eva Garam 170

16. Some Avar and Balkan Connections of the Vrap Treasure / Csanad Balint 180

17. Visigothic Jewelry of the Sixth and Seventh Centuries / Gisela Ripoll Lopez 188

18. Artistry in the West 204

19. Garnet Jewelry of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries / Birgit Arrhenius 214

20. Early Merovingian Women's Brooches / Max Martin 226

21. Aspects of Late Merovingian Costume in the Morgan Collection / Patrick Perin 242

22. The Frankish Glass Vessels / Vera I. Evison 268

23. Eclectic Art of the Early Anglo-Saxon Jewelry / John Hines 282

24. The Silver-Inlaid Iron Belt Fittings in the Morgan Collection / Helmut Roth 292

25. Some Scandinavian Art Styles / Jan Peder Lamm 308

26. The "Earlier" Lindau Book Cover: An Integrated Analysis / Victor H. Elbern 322

Materials and Techniques in the Early Medieval Collection: a Checklist of the Illustrated Objects / Pete Dandridge 337.

Notes:

Papers presented at a symposium at the MMA called "The Morgan Collection and Related Migration Period Material" on May 22 and 23, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-390) and index.

ISBN:

0870999680

0300088949

OCLC:

44516672