Frankish Looped Fibula
Frankish Round Fibula
Purse cover from Sutton Hoo
ship burial
Animal Head post from Oseberg, Norway,
wood
Oseberg Ship from ship burial
Wood-carved ornament (porch of stave
church), Norway. 11th century
The 4 Evangelists
Matthew: winged man or angel
Mark: lion
Luke: ox
John: eagle
Man (symbol of St Matthew) from Book of Durrow, Iona, Scotland 660680
St. Matthew from Lindisfarne Gospels, Northumbria, England, 698-721
Book of Lindisfarne, ornamental page, from
England. late 7th century
Chi-Rho-Iota Page from Book of Kells. late 8th
-early 9th century
High Cross of Muiredach, Ireland. 923
San Juan Bautista, Banos de Cerrato, Spain 661
Charlemagne & The Carolingian Period
• First Holy Roman Emperor
• Wanted to revive the glory of ancient & early
Christian Rome
• Emphasis on education, the arts and classical
text
• Moved capital of Empire to Aachen, Germany
• Encouraged use of Roman building tecnhiques
in architecture
Equestrain Portrait of Charlemagne, Metz, France, 9th century
St. Matthew from Coronation Gospels, 800-810
St Matthew, from the Ebbo Gospels. c. 816-835
Crucifixion, front cover of Lindau Gospels. c. 870
Odo of Metz, Restored plan of the Palatine
Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen. 792-805
Odo of Metz Interior of the Palatine Chapel of
Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany. 792-805
Schematic plan for monastery at St. Gall, Switzerland. c. 819
Abby Church , Corvey, Germany 873-885
Ottonian Art
• Carolingian empire fell apart due to many
factors including viking invasions
• The Otto’s were a German line of emperors
and revived again the tradition of
Carolingian.
• Bishop Bernward was major patron of
Ottonian art
• Made Hildesheim, Germany the center of
learning
St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany 1001-1031
Nave of St Michael's, Hildesheim. c 1001-1031
Plan & Section St. Michael’s, Hildesheim
Plan St. Michael’s
Doors with relief panels (Genesis, left door; life of Christ, right door), St. Michael's. 1015
Adam & Eve Reproached by the Lord. detail of bronze doors
of St. Michael's. 1015
Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ, St. Michael's.
c. 1015-1022
Crucifix of Archbishop Gero. c. 970
Annunciation to the Shepherds, from Lectionary of Henry II.
1002-1014
Otto III Enthroned Receiving Homage, from Gospel Book
of Otto III. 997-1000
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