Our Own Grecian Coffee House
At the beginning of the 17th century; the flourishing of the most well-known period of art, the Renaissance, was coming to an end. Though its classical style was popular all throughout Rome, the need for unnatural, stylised and ambiguous forms of art sparked the beginning of what we call ‘Mannerism’.[4]…
One of the main art styles from the second half of the 11th century throughout the 12th century was Romanesque art. Romanesque art was, as the name suggests, heavily influenced by Ancient Roman art forms, especially when it came to sculptures…
The Early Middle Ages, also known as The Dark Ages, was a period of instability in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and is known as such because of the lack of records from that time period. However, plenty of artworks survive today, allowing us to glimpse the cultures and traditions of more than a millennia ago…
