People on the Move
Lesson 2
Early Medieval
In the first half of the first millennium AD, people moved in large numbers from one place to another. This time is called the Migration into all of Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Rome was later invaded by the Huns from the East and the Germanic tribes from the North. Even though some art was made, it did not survive for Period. Roman armies moved long. Materials for art and metal work were scarce and that made them valuable. When the art was not destroyed in battle, conquering armies melted it
down or took it apart to be made into something new. As the battles continued, during the Middle Ages, a new kind of art began to be made. People remembered the kinds of artworks that Romans had created in the past. They added Germanic designs passed down from their ancestors. They used these materials and designs to explain the ideas of a new faith that rose out of Judaism and the life of Jesus Christ. Three very different cultures, Romans, Germanic tribes, and Christians, had all clashed as they came together. Yet, when united in art, they produced forms that were described by the people of their time as “pictures of heaven.”
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