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Rome and Classical Art

Rome and the Crushing of Celtic Art Rome and Classical Art are celebrated and represented as the birthplace and centre of West

Incredible Birds and Dogs The Medieval monastery artists were ahead of their time. In this Post I have added three Zoomorph im

Tree of Life -A Universal Icon I have been thinking about the Tree of Life motif and how it has travelled through the centurie

Medieval Monks The libraries in the monasteries in Europe in the Medieval Ages in the 5th century kept education and learning

This strange and incredible drawing is from the Book of Kells. The warrior has huge hair and a dark beard and holds a spear an

Fenris the Wolf and the Apocalypse The animal in this drawing is angry. He strides forward with his tail up and bares his teet

Hilton Cadboll Stone I have painted a medieval hunting scene from the beautiful Hilton Cadboll Stone showing a woman riding si

Pictish Symbols found on Stones There is nothing like a mystery! Symbols we cannot read, and abstracted designs found on stand

The Great Beasts and the Gripping Beasts of Viking art mark an incredible moment in the imaginative mind of an artist. Today,

Seahorse Pair In my drawing the seahorse tail spirals and interlocks and the heads and hooves meet and touch. I have dra

In Medieval times the Christian church adopted the pagan people into their practice to teach them about the life of Christ. Th

In this post I have added two Viking beast design details. From these simple drawings the different Viking styles reveal that

Manx Style Chain Knot The real Gaut Stone Cross is weathered and worn, and a copy was made so people can see the intricate lin

Gotland Picture Stone from the Viking Era Ancient stories that belong to a world far removed from technology have horses and g

Squatting Man from the Book of Kells Pagan laws forbade the copying of the work of the Creator and new abstracted figures were

This little motif shows three picture symbols and one abbreviation used to represent Christ in the Book of Kells

Tricks and Devices in Drawing The Book of Kells lets us in on many artist tricks and devices. The monks have flattened this im

Viking Dragon ships with beautiful towering sails make an incredible icon. They were ships constructed with gigantic overlappi

In this Post I have added some decorated animal letters from the Book of Kells that were created by the monks. These designs a

Animal Letters from the Book of Kells The monks wrote with the animals by entangling and interlacing animals and body parts ar