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Carolingian Art
On Christmas day in the year 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charles, king of the Franks, and raised him to the rank of emperor. The significance of this gesture must have been clear to all involved: it identified Charles as a new kind of Christian Caesar who should rule a Holy Roman Empire renewed and sanctioned by the Church. This act benefited the pope, for he was eager to gain the emperor's protection and support for the Church, but it also fulfilled one of Charles's most cherished aims: according to the scholar Einhard, who knew him well, "Throughout his whole reign, the wish that he had nearest to heart was to re-establish the ancient authority of the city of Rome under his care and by his influence" ( Life of Charlemagne 27). This was no mean ambition, for when Charles became king of the Franks in 768, Rome had lost its imperial grandeur, and the vast domain it once had ruled was fragmented both politically and culturally. In the lands that now are Germany and France, a host of Germanic tribes competed for land and influence, observing various forms of Christianity and paganism. In Britain, powerful monasteries maintained the traditions of classical scholarship in the service of Christianity. In Italy, the pope faced continual threats to his safety, and everywhere vestiges of Roman greatness inspired veneration for the past and pointed a sad contrast with the present. The reign of Charles the Great, or Charlemagne, for a time reversed this situation.
Carolingian Art | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art carolingian art... disk brooch, 675–700 frankish; found in niederbreisig, western germany gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet, glass, and mother-of-pearl diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) gift of j.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/caro/hd_caro.htm [1762 words]
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Pre-Romanesque art carolingian illumination of saint mark, early 9th century, from the ebbo gospels pre-romanesque art western european art from either the emergence of the merovingian kingdom in about 500 or from the carolingian renaissance in the late 8th century,
http://www.kunstbus.com/locate/pre-romanesque+art [457 words]
Fragment of a cross - The Easby Cross - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections citing oriental origins for the vine-scroll of many northern crosses, he distinguishes easby as having a "peculiar, thin and elaborate style" and convincingly concludes that the cross has a definite place in carolingian art. he identifies a carolingian ivory held in the vatican to which the pecking bird on fragment a.9-1931 appears to be closely related and though it is no slavish copy, this close continental parallel has played a key role in dating the cross to the early ninth century.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O96298/fragment-of-a-the-easby-cross/ [1426 words]
Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist ¦ Highlights ¦ The Cloisters ¦ Collection Database ¦ Works of Art ¦ The Metropolit plaque with saint john the evangelist date early 9th century geography made in aachen, germany culture carolingian medium elephant ivory dimensions overall: 7 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 1/4 in. (18.3 x 9.4 x 0.7 cm) classification ivories credit line the cloisters collection, 1977 accession number 1977.421 on view at the cloisters description signatures,
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/plaque_with_saint_john_the_evangelist/objectview.aspx?page [371 words]
Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist ¦ Highlights ¦ The Cloisters ¦ Collection Database ¦ Works of Art ¦ The Metropolit plaque with saint john the evangelist date early 9th century geography made in aachen, germany culture carolingian medium elephant ivory dimensions overall: 7 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 1/4 in. (18.3 x 9.4 x 0.7 cm) classification ivories credit line the cloisters collection, 1977 accession number 1977.421 on view at the cloisters description signatures,
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/plaque_with_saint_john_the_evangelist/objectview.aspx?page [371 words]
Ottonian Art | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art art and death in the middle ages art for the christian liturgy in the middle ages the art of the book in the middle ages classical antiquity in the middle ages private devotion in medieval christianity relics and reliquaries in medieval christianity ... other thematic essays (21)... art and death in medieval byzantium barbarians and romans the byzantine city of amorium byzantine ivories byzantium (ca. 330–1453) cameo appearances carolingian art the crucifixion and passion of christ in italian painting the crusades (1095–1291) icons and iconoclasm in byzantium late medieval german sculpture: materials and techniques life of jesus of nazareth list of rulers of europe medieval european sculpture for buildings mendicant orders in the medieval world monasticism in medieval christianity painting the life of christ in medieval and renaissance italy the papacy and the vatican palace the religious relationship between byzantium and the west romanesque art saints and other sacred byzantine figures .
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/oton/hd_oton.htm [1596 words]
The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburgs, 1400–1600 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolit 51.501.6469) ... view slideshow view thumbnails ... background on the empire on christmas day in the year 800—more than three centuries after the abdication of the last roman emperor—charlemagne, the carolingian king of the franks, was crowned emperor of the west by pope leo iii. this act was seen as a revival, or transference, of the roman empire ( translatio imperii ), prophesied to be the last of four earthly kingdoms preceding the apocalypse.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/habs/hd_habs.htm [1721 words]