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Gothic art was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe , and much of Northern , Southern and Central Europe , never quite effacing more classical styles in Italy.
The dates for each age can vary by region. ... Hominid Era – Period prior to the existence of Hominidae. ... Medieval Egypt. Tulunid dynasty (868–905)
Early Gothic architecture was the result of the emergence in the 12th century of a powerful French state centered in the Île-de-France.King Louis VI of France (1081–1137), had succeeded, after a long struggle, in bringing the barons of northern France under his control, and successfully defended his domain against attacks by the English King, Henry I of England (1100–1135).
Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. [1]
An art period is a phase in the development of the work of an artist, groups of artists or art movement. ... Gothic – 1100 – 1400 International Gothic;
The Temple of Solomon is depicted as a Gothic building under construction. Miniature from an illuminated manuscript of Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews (c. 93/4 AD) made for John, Duke of Berry. The construction of Gothic cathedrals was an ambitious, expensive, and technically demanding aspect of life in the Late Middle Ages.
J. B. Bury describes the Gothic period as "the only non-nomadic episode in the history of the steppe." [118] William H. McNeill compares the migration of the Goths to that of the early Mongols, who migrated southward from the forests and came to dominate the eastern Eurasian steppe around the same time as the Goths in the west. [114]
Medieval production of manuscripts. [29] The beginning of the Middle Ages was also a period of low activity in copying. This graph does not include the Byzantine Empire. There is a sharp drop from 34 volumes in the 9th century to just 8 in the 10th.