Early Medieval Art

Migration, Carolingian, Ottonian

Cross page, Book of Lindisfarne, 698-721

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/lindisfarne.html

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html

Luke: ox

Mark: lion

John: eagle

Matthew: winged man

Carolingian Art

Lorsch Gate House

Lorsch, Germany c. 9th century CE

Lorsch Gate House

Lorsch, Germany c. 9th century CE

Lorsch Gate House

Lorsch, Germany c. 9th century CE

Equestrian Statue of Charlemagne (or Charles the Bald)

c. 9th Century CE

Equestrian Statue of Charlemagne (or Charles the Bald)

c. 9th Century CE

9 ½ inches

11 ½ feet

Palatine Chapel, Aachen Germany

792-805 CE

Palatine Chapel, Aachen Germany

792-805 CE

Palatine Chapel, Aachen Germany

792-805 CE

Palatine Chapel, Aachen Germany

792-805 CE

Palatine Chapel, Aachen Germany

792-805 CE

Palatine Chapel, Aachen Germany

792-805 CE

Saint Gall c. 819 Switzerland

Ottonian Art

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 CE

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany

1001-1031 CE

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 CE

http://193.175.110.9/hornemann/english/unesco_st_michael.htm

Bronze Doors

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 CE

Bronze Column

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 CE

Bronze Column

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 CE

Bronze Column

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 CE

Bronze Column

St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001-1031 CE