High Middle Ages

Bonorva, necropolis of Sant'Andrea Priu, frescoes of the rock church. Photo by Marco Ceraglia, from Digital Resources Sardegna IDV

A history of early medieval art in Sardinia is possible only as a story of fragments, both pictorial and above all sculptural.

Dense stone by Suelli. Photo by Valentino Cominotti, 2017, from Catalogo BBCC RAS

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A story in fragments

The fragments derive first of all from sarcophagi; they include capitals, bases, frames and other elements that constitute an integral part of the architecture; and they come, finally, from the breaking of lintels, pilla...

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Reconstructive hypothesis of the Necropolis of Sant'Andrea Priu. Image from Digital Resources Sardegna SVA

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Early medieval painting

The picture of painting in Sardinia from the 4th to the 11th century is poor and not homogeneous, compared to other Mediterranean areas affected by the continuity of the local substrate, the irradiation of Roman and Cons...

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Bizonal capital, Constantinople area, National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari. Photo by Nicola Monari, from Catalogo BBCC RAS

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Late Antique sculptures

As with the history of architecture, even for early medieval sculpture in Sardinia, a periodization can be proposed that proceeds parallel to the dates and events of historical demarcation, from the early introduction of...

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Pluteo of the Middle Byzantine Age, Bestiary - National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari - from Catalogo BBCC RAS

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Byzantine sculptures

Between the tenth and the first decades of the eleventh century, when Byzantine Sardinia evolved into Giudical Sardinia, there was a series of marble sculptures, coming from various locations in Cagliari, among which the...

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Byzantine-made buckle. Photo by Nicola Monari, 2009, from Catalogo BBCC RAS

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The belt buckles

The bronze belt buckles found in Sardinia cover the chronological period from the middle of the 6th to the 7th century. For the most part, they fall into the Corinth type and the Balgota type, characterized by the shape...

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Il patrimonio architettonico della Sardegna bizantina e vandalica non è abbondante, ma comunque significativo di un periodo molto importante nella storia dell'isola. Sono ancora poco conosciute le strutture militari, andate in massima parte distrutte. Si conservano invece chiese, a pianta sia longitudinale sia centrale, e battisteri, la cui costruzione si può collocare fra il V e la prima metà dell'XI secolo.

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