Anglo-Saxon art covers art produced within the
Anglo-Saxon period of English history, beginning with the
Migration period style that the Anglo-Saxons brought with them from the continent in the 5th century, and ending in 1066 with the
Norman Conquest of a large Anglo-Saxon nation-state whose sophisticated art was influential in much of northern Europe. The two periods of outstanding achievement were the 7th and 8th centuries, with the metalwork and jewellery from
Sutton Hoo and a series of magnificent illuminated manuscripts, and the final period after about 950, when there was a revival of English culture after the end of the
Viking invasions. By the time of the Conquest the move to the
Romanesque style is nearly complete. The important artistic centres, in so far as these can be established, were concentrated in the extremities of England, in
Northumbria, especially in the early period, and
Wessex and
Kent near the south coast.