Talk:Insular art
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Glad to see you have stubbed-up this. I wonder if the "Insular period" would not be better off as "Insular art". I've not seen it used in reference to a general historical period, as opposed to a period in art history. Obviously with Insular period as a redirect, but apart from anything it would save disam-ing more links. Crude google counts: "Insular art" = 10,600; "Insular period" = 267 - some talking about " The long insular period during the upper eocene and miocene times will, therefore, be the period of specific change in the moas, while the older pliocene ..." or the Ming dynasty, Tokugawa Japan, the Philippines etc, & the rest about manuscripts. I can see insular period is often used when just scripts are being discussed, but that can be covered in the lead para. We don't have "Baroque period" etc articles. Johnbod 14:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Legacy
I've just read this page for the first time in a while, and I think that the editors, especially Johnbod have done a great job. I'd like to see some expansion of the legacy section. I think it is clear that Insular manuscripts had a major impact on Carolingian illumination. Despite the "Renaissance" aspects of Carolingian art, the Carolingians continued with the non-classical tradition of enlarged, decorated lettering for incipit pages an idea derived from the Insular manuscripts, even if the motifs used to decorate the manuscripts were not Insular. The Franco-Saxon school of the Carolingian period even uses the many of the same motifs. In addition, the Insular style in Ireland continued long after the "Insular period". For example, the image at the right is from a 12th century manuscript. (Firmly dated to 1138 by colophon in the hand of the scribe, I am currently working on an article for this manuscript, which should be up this week.) Dsmdgold 22:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, the legacy section only went on yesterday, & the article is still work in progress. You're very welcome to add if you fancy doing so. Johnbod 01:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Background
Among some other expansions, I'm going to be changing the 'Background' part of the section, which has some factual errors derived from a cultural misperception of early medieval english society. (Camarthist 14:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)).
