Entertainment+and+Art

=Anglo-Saxon's Entertainment and Art=

Entertainment
During leisure time, the adult Anglo-Saxons in the Dark Age favorite entertainments were dice and board games. Common board games include draughts and chess. Working with riddles was very popular, as well as horse racing and hunting. Making music was another hobby for the Anglo-Saxons. During special feasts, playing harp was the most common entertainment that was used. Other than harps, juggling, usually with knives and balls, was also showed during the feast. The evidence were images of jugglers juggling balls and knives on books' cover. Children played with balls, hoops, and tops. Carved wooden horses and small boats are another type of toys played by children.

Art


The Anglo Saxons started to do most of their better artworks after the Vikings had left England, and when they were under the rule of King Alfred. These people were famous for their Insular Art which were done to create decorative metalworks. Some of the artworks that these people created were partially influenced by the Roman who decided to settle in England, and they looked quiet different from the Insular art. These people were also famous for their architectures, their ivory carvings, and their embroidery. The thing that these people used most and valued in their works and also to make those works look good was gold.

Although hardly any of the artworks that these people done still survive, people say their works were really good. The reason why people today still talk about these paintings is because of foreigners from countries like Italy talking about it.

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