Animal style
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| '''Animal style''' art, is characterized by its emphasis on animal and bird themes, and the term describes an approach to decoration which existed from [[China]] to [[Northern Europe]] in the early [[Iron Age]], and the [[barbarian art]] of the [[Migrations Period]]. It is a [[zoomorphic]] style of decoration, and the Animal Style was used to decorate small objects by warrior-herdsmen, whose economy was based entirely on animals and plunder. | '''Animal style''' art, is characterized by its emphasis on animal and bird themes, and the term describes an approach to decoration which existed from [[China]] to [[Northern Europe]] in the early [[Iron Age]], and the [[barbarian art]] of the [[Migrations Period]]. It is a [[zoomorphic]] style of decoration, and the Animal Style was used to decorate small objects by warrior-herdsmen, whose economy was based entirely on animals and plunder. | ||
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| + | * [[Migration Period art]] | ||
| + | * [[Scythian art]] | ||
| + | * [[Thracian art]] | ||
| + | * [[Persian-Sassanid art patterns]] | ||
| + | * [[Confronted-animals]] | ||
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Animal style art, is characterized by its emphasis on animal and bird themes, and the term describes an approach to decoration which existed from China to Northern Europe in the early Iron Age, and the barbarian art of the Migrations Period. It is a zoomorphic style of decoration, and the Animal Style was used to decorate small objects by warrior-herdsmen, whose economy was based entirely on animals and plunder.
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