01:082:105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Bernward Of Hildesheim, Apse, Ottonian Dynasty
23 Feb 2017
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Carolingians, ottonians, & the beginning of romanesque art. Upper level/ dome not open to people. Matthew, mark, luke & john, 4 animals. Christ one hand raised in blessing one on book. 24 elders giving martar"s crown or recieving crowns. Charlemagne sat under the dome god charles you. Ideal monastic plan: leaving world, spiritual growth & development, community to reach heaven. Cemetery with fruit trees, school (priests, nobles children anyone who can pay, revolutionize society), bakery, brewery, abbel church (monks, pilgrims) subsidiary church ( new people ) Cloister: garden, 4 paris style walkways where most stuff happens surrounded by galleries. Altars one big rectangle in church; subsidiary altars for monks to hold mass. Roman tradition, comes from wax tablets, notebooks when you dont have a lot of paper. When you dont need writing anymore melt wax & start over. Theophanu = ottoman princess, like christ = crusiform halo, blessing theophanu & otto.
