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Carola Hicks defines Style I in her book ''Italic text''Animals in Early Medieval Art''Italic text''as the earliest form of animal representation.  In these representation, the animal is represented as a mosaic of fragmented bits and pieces.  This early form gives way to Style II, which dominates in the later centuries.
Carola Hicks defines Style I in her book ''Italic text''Animals in Early Medieval Art''Italic text''as the earliest form of animal representation.  In these representation, the animal is represented as a mosaic of fragmented bits and pieces.  This early form gives way to Style II, which dominates in the later centuries.
Hicks, Carola. "The Sixth Century." ''Animals in Early Medieval Art''. Edinburgh:Edinburgh  University Press, 1993.