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Carolingian Art

Slide List 18

 

 
 Map of the Carolingian Empire in 814.  Equestrian Statue of a Carolingian Emperor (possibly Charlemagne), 9th c.

 
 
 Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 165 A.D.  

 

 
 Charles the Bald Enthroned from the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, c. 870.  Missorium of Theodosius, 388 A.D.
 

Adoration of the Lamb from the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram .

 

 
 Gateway of the Abbey of Lorsch, 768-74.  Reconstruction drawing of the Church of Old St. Peter's, Rome, 4th c. A.D.

 

 
 Plan of Carolingian Church of St. Denis.  Arch of Constantine, c. 312-315.

 

 
 St. Mark, from the Coronation Gospels, 795-819 A.D.  Incipit of the Gospel according to St. Mark, from the Coronation Gospels.
 

St. Matthew from the Coronation Gospels, 795-819 A.D.

 
 Chi-Rho page from the Book of Kells, c. 760-820 A.D.  
 

 
   St. Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels, Reims, France, 816-41.
Utrecht Psalter, psalm 148. Utrecht Psalter

Links

You are encouraged to look at the following pages that I have developed for my Medieval Art class: The Carolingian Empire and Carolingian Culture. Also look at the excerpts from Einhard's biography of Charlemagne and see how it is related to Suetonius's biography of Augustus. If you are interested in exploring the orgins of the scripts used in Carolingian manuscripts look at the page entitled origins of the Carolingian scripts.

Questions for Review

 

 
 Charles the Bald Enthroned from the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, c. 870.  Missorium of Theodosius, 388 A.D.

Compare these two representations of Emperors. What does this say about the sources of Carolingian political ideals?

 
 St. Matthew from the Coronation Gospels, c. 795-819 A.D.  St. Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels, 816-41.

Discuss the artistic sources for these works. How do they exemplify the Carolingian Renaissance? Discuss the differences in style of these two pages.

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