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Bohemian Gothic sculpture
Bohemian Gothic sculpture is the sculpture produced in Bohemia, centered on Prague, from the mid-fourteenth to early sixteenth century, best known for the Beautiful Style of around 1400 and its Beautiful Madonnas.
Byzantine goldsmithing and cloisonné reliquary work
Byzantine goldsmithing and cloisonné reliquary work is a gold-and-enamel tradition centered on reliquaries, especially the staurotheke for True Cross fragments, the empire's most important metalwork.
Byzantine ivory carving
Byzantine ivory carving is the relief sculpture of the Eastern Roman Empire in elephant ivory, producing diptychs, icons, triptychs, and caskets from Late Antiquity through the medieval period.
Byzantine marble carving
Byzantine marble carving is the tradition of sculpting marble for architectural, liturgical, and funerary use in the Byzantine Empire from the fourth to the fifteenth century.
Gothic sculpture
Gothic sculpture is the sculptural tradition of western Europe that arose with Gothic architecture around 1140 in the Île-de-France, known for cathedral portal statues and a shift toward naturalistic figures.
Polish Gothic sculpture
Polish Gothic sculpture is the medieval sculpture of Poland from the 13th to early 16th century, best known for Wit Stwosz's St Mary's Altar in Kraków.
Romanesque sculpture
Romanesque sculpture is the figurative stone, wood, and metal carving produced in western Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries, when monumental sculpture revived for church facades, doorways, and capitals, especially in France, Spain, and Italy.
Treasure of Guarrazar
The Treasure of Guarrazar is a hoard of seventh-century Visigothic votive crowns and gold crosses unearthed near Toledo, Spain, between 1858 and 1861, with King Recceswinth's crown as its most famous piece.
Veroli Casket
The Veroli Casket is a 10th-century Byzantine ivory and bone casket carved in Constantinople, named after Veroli, Italy, and now held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.