Chapter 16 Middle Ages Medieval 53 Merovingian Looped

Chapter 16 Middle Ages (Medieval)

53. Merovingian Looped Fibula, Early Medieval Europe. Mid 6 th Century. Silver gold in filigree with garnets and stone Form Function Themes Content Context Terms

Purse cover from Sutton Hoo ship burial

Oseberg Ship from ship burial

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

55. Carpet Page and St. Matthew from Lindisfarne Gospels, Northumbria, England, 698 -721, Hiberno Saxon, Early Medieval Form Function Themes Content Context Terms

High Cross of Muiredach, Ireland. 923

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, 9 th 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

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 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