ARTH 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Gundestrup Cauldron, Hallstatt Culture, Roman Art
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*power struggle between catholic church and monarchies of europe* No written texts completely oral tradition: hallstatt culture. Early local trading center 1200-500 bce: gundestrup cauldron. Depictions of god interacting with woodland animals: snake = intellect. Cauldron of rebirth war scene: saint patrick or patricius. Translated christianity into traditional irish symbols and myths. Irish catholicism: date of easter became a question between different denominations, supremacy of rome. Alliance of the franks and rome: charlemagne was crowned king of the roman empire by the pope, who he makes a deal with, equestrian portraiture. Charlemagne like the roman art style because it makes him seem more intelligent he is illiterate: palace chapel at aachen. Built by charlemagne: the medieval cathedral: st. gall. Charlemagne built many monasteries *manufacture of books. Scroll: continuous sheet of rolled up paper. Codex: pages kept together with binding: book of kells, chi rho iota page.
