Periods, Cultures, Styles > Carolingian
Carolingian
Refers to the culture, period, and style surrounding the reign of Charlemagne and his successors through c. 900 C.E.
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Carolingian art, an introduction
The life of Christ in medieval and Renaissance art
The medieval calendar
Who’s who? How to recognize saints…
The bestiary (book of beasts) in the medieval world, an introduction
Decorating the book
The medieval origins of the modern footnote
Architecture and liturgy
Clasps: hugging a medieval book
Listening to the medieval book
Making books for profit in medieval times
Making Manuscripts: The Page
Manuscripts: major works of art
Mapping the world
Medieval books in leather (and other materials)
Medieval churches: sources and forms
Medieval goldsmiths
Medieval manuscripts, an introduction
Medieval notepads
Medieval supermodels
Skins and scraps
The Alchemy of Color and Chemical Change in Medieval Manuscripts
The work of the scribe
The Bestiary
Travel, trade and exploration in the Middle Ages
Pilgrimage souvenirs
Works of Art
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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.
