Art History Before 1450, VAFA191
Instructor: Roberta A. Mayer, Ph.D.

CAROLINGIAN ART (800-900)
Study Guide 14

Carolingian, St. Matthew, Coronation Gospels, ca. 800-810

Carolingian, St. Matthew, Ebbo Gospels, ca. 816-835

Carolingian, Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels, ca. 870

Carolingian, Odo of Metz, Interior of the Palatine Chapel, Aachen, 792-805

Carolingian, Odo of Metz, Palatine Chapel, Plan, 792-805

Carolingian, Plan of the ideal monastery of St. Gall, ca. 819
 
 

OTTONIAN ART (900-1000)

Ottonian, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, detail of the doors at Hildesheim, 1015

Ottonian, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Lectionary of Henry II, 1002-1014

Vocabulary
 
Monastery
Abbott
Nave
Basilica
Transept
Side Aisles
Crossing
Choir
Apse and Counter-Apse
Manuscript
Miniature
 
Practice Essay Questions

What was the importance of St. Benedict's rule for monastic establishments?

Compare and contrast the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne with the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna.

Discuss the importance of Charlemagne's role in the history of art.

Compare and contrast the basilica of the monastery of St. Gall with the Early Christian basilica.

What does the ideal plan of St. Gall tell us about monastic life during the Carolingian period?  Be specific.

What stylistic features seen in the Lectionary of Henry II were not seen in Carolingian illumination.  Be specific and explain why.