Chapter 11 Early Middle Ages- Medieval Period

What are the main concepts of Islam and its art?Where is it started? Where does it spread to by the 700’s? What area is considered the HOLY Roman Empire?

What are the types of art created by the Anglo Saxons or Hiberno Saxons? What is the importance of Illuminated Manuscripts?Who is responsible for the Carolingian period?

Arches in the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 785–786

Mihrab bay, the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain

Dome above the mihrab , the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, c. A.D. 961–976

Sutton Hoo purse cover, East Anglia, England, c. A.D. 630

Lion Symbol of Saint John , from the Book of Durrow, fol. 191v, after A.D. 650

Book of Kells, folio 124r, late 8th or early 9th century

CARPET PAGE- First page of a section of an Illuminated manuscript

Chi Rho Iota - XPIChrist's page in symbolic font

Gospel of St. Mathew

Charlemagne

Carolingian Renaissance

Frankish king

Holy Roman Empire

Equestrian statuette of Charlemagne, from Metz,Bronze24 cm 9th century

interior Charlemagne's palace chapel, Aachen, 792–805

Monastery St. Gall Switzerland 820 AD

Utrecht Psalter. c. 820 - 832 CE

Four Evangelists , from a Carolingian Gospel book, Palace Chapel school, Aachen , early 9th century

Christ in Majesty , Vivian Bible Frontispiece, Folio 329v, c. 845–846

Restored abbey church of Saint Michael's Hildesheim, Germany c. 1001–31

Bronze doors, Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, completed 1015

Commissioned by Bishop Bernward