Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
DocumentaryHistory
★ 7.0·2010·0h 59m
In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is a...
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Cast
Janina Ramirez
Self - Presenter
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Kim Siddorn
Self - Regia Anglorum
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David Symonds
Self - Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
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DIRECTOR
Andy Robbins
OVERVIEW
In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is a plausible one - is that we should not look upon their era as a "dark age" as compared, for example, to Roman times, but rather celebrate it as an age in which creativity flowered, especially in terms of artistic design as well as symbolism. She shows plenty of good examples, ranging from the Franks Casket to the Staffordshire Hoard, and the Lindisfarne Gospels.