Thursday, November 19, 2015

Crucifix

Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero
Gero Crucifix  970 C.E.
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
Painted wood
Ottoniam sculptor
large scale

Column-Saint Michael's

Column-Saint Michael's
Hildesheim, Germany
1015-1022 C.E.
bronze
commissioned by Bishop Bernward

Saint Michael's abbey church

Top: longitudinal section
Bottom: plan
abbey church of Saint Michael's
Hildesheim, Germany
1001-1031 C.E.
Ottonian basilica design: 2 apses, 2 transepts, side entrance
inspired by tunnel-like horizontal Early Christian basilicas

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

Interior of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne
Aachen, Germany   792-805 C.E.
1st vaulted medieval structure of the Alps
San Vitale was inspration
massive geometric form

Saint Matthew

Saint Matthew
Ebbo Gospels  folio 18 verso
abbey of Saint Peter
Hautvillers, France
816-835 C.E.
ink & tempera on vellum
classical illusionism w/ Northern European liner

Charlemagne

Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne
A.K.A. Charles the Bald
Metz, France  9th Century
bronze

Carolingian Empire 814 C.E.

Carolingian Empire @ the death of Charlemagne 814 C.E.
consolidated the Frankish Kingdom
defeated the Lombards in Italy
claimed Roman Empire
Carolus Magnus (Latin)