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Conveying complex stories took precedence over producing naturalistic imagery, leading to a shift toward stylized and abstracted figures for most of the Early Middle Ages. It covered much of Western Europe but later succumbed to the pressures of internal civil wars combined with external invasions-Vikings from the north, Hungarians from the east, and Saracens from the south.Īs literacy declined and printed material became available only to monks and nuns who copied illuminated manuscripts, art became the primary method of communicating narratives (usually of a Biblical nature) to the masses. The Franks, under the Carolingian dynasty, briefly established the Carolingian Empire during the later eighth and early ninth century. Monasteries were founded as campaigns to Christianize pagan Europe continued. In the West, most kingdoms incorporated the few remaining extant Roman institutions. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. Population decline, relocations to the countryside, invasion, and migration began in Late Antiquity and continued in the Early Middle Ages. However, a generally accepted scheme includes Early Christian art, Migration Period art, Byzantine art, Insular art, Carolingian art, Ottonian art, Romanesque art, and Gothic art, as well as many other periods within these central aesthetic styles. Art historians attempt to classify medieval art into major periods and styles with some difficulty, as medieval regions frequently featured distinct artistic styles such as Anglo-Saxon or Norse. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, and revivals. The Early Middle Ages is generally dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 CE) to approximately 1000, which marks the beginning of the Romanesque period. The Middle Ages of the European world covers approximately 1,000 years of art history in Europe, and at times extended into the Middle East and North Africa.