Refers to the style and period associated with the Ostrogoths, a division of the Germanic Goths who apparently crossed the Baltic from Scandinavia in the fourth century BCE, settled in south Russia in the first century BCE, and moved down through Hungary, Austria, Yugoslavia, and into Italy under Theoderic the Great in the fifth century CE. The styles of Ostrogothic art through the years combine decorative motifs developed on weapons and personal ornaments with elements from classical Rome and Byzantine art.
