Carolingian
The culture, period, and style of the reign of Charlemagne and most of his successors, fusing recent art forms with those of Late Antiquity.
Carolingian
The culture, period, and style of the reign of Charlemagne and most of his successors, fusing recent art forms with those of Late Antiquity.
Basics to get you started
Carolingian art, an introduction
The life of Christ in medieval and Renaissance art
Who’s who? How to recognize saints…
The bestiary (book of beasts) in the medieval world, an introduction
Decorating the book
Architecture and liturgy
Mapping the world
Medieval churches: sources and forms
Medieval manuscripts, an introduction
The work of the scribe
Travel, trade and exploration in the Middle Ages
Pilgrimage souvenirs
Works of Art
Artists
Palatine Chapel, Aachen, begun c. 792, consecrated 805 (thought to have been designed by Odo of Metz), significant changes to the architectural fabric 14–17th centuries (Gothic apse, c. 1355; dome rebuilt and raised in the 17th century, etc), mosaics and revetment scream 19th century, and are indeed 19th century, columns were looted by French troops in the 18th century though many were later returned, they were added back without knowledge as to their original locations in the 19th century. Finally, the structure was also heavily damaged by allied bombing during WWII and significantly restored again in the second half of the twentieth century.
