Editing Sardinia (section)

=== Art ===
[[File:San Michele arcangelo del maestro di Castelsardo.jpg|thumb|[[Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael]] by the [[Master of Castelsardo]]]]
Numerous findings of the typical statues of the [[Mother Goddess]] and pottery engraved with geometric designs testify the artistic expressions of the [[Pre-Nuragic Sardinia|Pre-Nuragic peoples]]. Subsequently, the [[Nuragic civilization]] produced hundreds of [[Nuragic bronze statuettes|bronze statuettes]] and the enigmatic stone statuary of the [[Giants of Mont'e Prama]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Regione Autonoma|last=della Sardegna|url=http://www.sardegnacultura.it/argomenti/arte/|title=Arte|access-date=29 September 2014|publisher=Regione Sardegna|archive-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001204852/http://www.sardegnacultura.it/argomenti/arte/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The union between the nuragic populations and the merchants coming from every part of the [[Mediterranean]] led to a refined production of [[gold]] artifacts, [[ring (jewellery)|ring]]s, [[earrings]] and jewelry of all kinds, but also votive steles and wall decorations. In addition to architecture linked to public works, the Romans introduced the [[Roman mosaic|mosaics]] and decorated the rich villas of the [[patricians]] with sculptures and paintings.<ref>{{cite web|first=Regione Autonoma|last=della Sardegna|url=http://www.sardegnacultura.it/argomenti/arte/romana.html|title=Arte romana|access-date=29 September 2014|publisher=Regione Sardegna|archive-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011060150/http://www.sardegnacultura.it/argomenti/arte/romana.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[Middle Age]]s, during the Judicates period, the architecture of the churches were enriched with [[capital (architecture)|capital]]s, [[sarcophagi]], [[frescoes]], [[marble]] altars and later embellished with [[retable]]s, paintings by important artists such as the [[Master of Castelsardo]], [[Pietro Cavaro]], Andrea Lusso, and the school of the so-called [[Master of Ozieri]] who was headed by [[Giovanni del Giglio]] and Pietro Giovanni Calvano, of [[Siena|Sene]]se origin.
[[File:La madre dell'ucciso - Francesco Ciusa.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|''La madre dell'ucciso'' ("the mother of the killed") by Francesco Ciusa (1907)]]
In the nineteenth century and in early twentieth century originated the myths of an uncontaminated and timeless island. Recounted by the many travelers who visited Sardinia in that period, like [[D. H. Lawrence]], such myths were celebrated mainly by Sardinian artists such as [[Giuseppe Biasi]], [[Francesco Ciusa]], Filippo Figari, Mario Delitala and Stanis Dessy. In their works they highlighted the autochthonous values of the agro-pastoral world, not yet homologated to the modernity that was pressing from the outside. Other important Sardinian artists of the second half of the twentieth century were [[Costantino Nivola]], Maria Lai, Albino Manca and [[Pinuccio Sciola]].