ART HIS 21 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
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Founded by clovis (chlodovec); their capital is in paris. Disk brooch- portable, small- gold sheet with filigree and inlays of garnet and glass; gioch. Roman catuliacus- under construction was the burial site of merovingian kings. Enormous number of tombs made of stone and plaster. Grave 49- of the queen aregonde; reanalyzed skeleton and found she lived to be 61 +-3; had polio in childhood. Lived a healthy live because she was wealthy. Persia: red and yellow veil from eastern mediterranean, cloak was made from beaver fur (extremely expensive of the time linked to. Simple basilica with eastern apse and burial of the patron st denis (denisius) Surviving books: 7-43 gelasian sacramentary- 2 bird figure resemble the eagle fibulae; Long and stable reign so many artworks and buildings commissioned. Gathered smart people around him; there were comparisons to the ancient world; encouraged foreign visitors to come to his courts so that he could learn diplomacy.
