ART HIS 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ebbo Gospels, List Of South Park Elementary Staff, Ottonian Art
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Westworks of corvey and aachen (imperial,liturgical space) Palace building (cultural imperial importance: ingelheim - the people were able to see you at work, oratory (chapel) of theodolf - theodolf was an intellectual, linguist, translator, had a personal chapel (aachen) The only carolingian chapel icons mosaics to last - ark of the covenant. Theme of the old testament- unusual of the time. Unpack the inscription = the ark is mentioned as proof of the divine approval of religious images (10 commandments inside: church of st john, m stair. Protects the path from the north and south. Fresco painting apse, revealing carolingian painting under. Images for the illiterate, middle of the focus. Commissioned to celebrate the baptism of charlemagnes son = imperial commission. Fusion of art forms (interlace, byzantine, roman inscriptions, insular, uncial) Worldview of the carolingians: coronation gospels. Naturalistic paintings - difference in art form, in uences from byzantine and ostrogoths. Lorsch gospels, ada gospels: ivory book covers.
