什麼是盎格魯－撒克遜藝術

約自7世紀至1066年諾曼征服（Norman Conquest）期間，產生於英國的手抄本裝飾畫與建築。9世紀以前，手抄本裝飾畫爲英國的主要藝術。有兩個裝飾畫派︰坎特伯裏畫派，影響較小，作品承襲羅馬傳教士古典傳統作風；諾森伯里亞畫派，影響較廣，受愛爾蘭修道院學術復興運動的鼓舞。愛爾蘭修士帶來了古代塞爾特曲線形（渦卷形、螺旋形以及雙曲線或盾形圖式）裝飾傳統，這一傳統跟當地的盎格魯－撒克遜異教金屬製品的抽象裝飾（其特徵主要爲明快的設色和動物形的交織紋樣）結合起來。在9世紀丹麥人入侵、破壞後，修道院被修復，對建築的興趣重又濃厚起來。這股建築風潮（包括小教堂）受歐陸建築的影響很深，特別是諾曼－法蘭西建築（如約建於1045～1050年的原始西敏寺〔Westminster Abbey〕，1245年重建）。修道院的復興促成書籍的大量生產以及10世紀後半期所謂溫徹斯特手抄本裝飾學派的繁榮。亦請參閱Hiberno-Saxon style。

Anglo-Saxon art

Painting, sculpture, and architecture produced in Britain from the late 5th century to the Norman Conquest. Before the 9th century, manuscript illumination was the predominant art form, with two schools: Canterbury produced works in the classical tradition brought by Roman missionaries; a more influential school in Northumbria produced works inspired by the revival of learning encouraged by Irish missionaries. The curvilinear forms, spirals, and interlaced patterns of the Celtic tradition brought by Irish monks were integrated with the abstract ornamentation and bright colors of the Anglo-Saxon metalwork tradition. After the destruction of the 9th-century Danish invasions, the monasteries were revived and interest in architecture developed. Building activity consisted of small churches influenced by continental types, notably from Norman France (e.g., the original Westminster Abbey, c. 1045-50, rebuilt 1245). The monastic revival resulted in the production of many books and the formation of the Winchester school of illumination (late 10th century). See also Hiberno-Saxon art.