Carolingian Renaissance

(noun)

The first of three medieval renaissances; was a period of cultural activity in the Carolingian Empire occurring from the late-8th century to the 9th century.

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Examples of Carolingian Renaissance in the following topics:

  • Charlemagne's Reforms

    • As emperor, Charlemagne stood out for his many reforms—monetary, governmental, military, cultural, and ecclesiastical—and ushered in an era known as the Carolingian Renaissance.
    • He was the main initiator and proponent of the "Carolingian Renaissance," the first of three medieval renaissances.
    • The era ushered in by his reign, the Carolingian Renaissance, was so called because of the flowering of scholarship, literature, art, and architecture that characterized it.
    • Indeed, the earliest manuscripts available for many ancient texts are Carolingian.
    • It is almost certain that a text that survived to the Carolingian age endures still.

  • Carolingian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

    • Carolingian architecture is characterized by its attempts to emulate late Roman classicism, Christian, and Byzantine styles.
    • Carolingian architecture is the style of northern European Pre-Romanesque architecture belonging to the period of the Carolingian Renaissance of the late eighth and ninth centuries, when the Carolingian dynasty dominated western Europe politically, culturally, and economically.
    • Carolingian architecture is characterized by its conscious attempts to emulate Roman classicism and Late Antiquity architecture.
    • A westwork (German: westwerk) is a monumental, west-facing entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church.
    • The Palatine Chapel in Aachen demonstrates the Byzantine-influence on Carolingian architecture, evidenced by its octagonal style.

  • Introduction to the Renaissance

    • The Renaissance has a long and complex historiography, and in line with general skepticism of discrete periodizations, there has been much debate among historians reacting to the 19th-century glorification of the "Renaissance" and individual culture heroes as "Renaissance men," questioning the usefulness of Renaissance as a term and as a historical delineation.
    • The word Renaissance has also been extended to other historical and cultural movements, such as the Carolingian Renaissance and the Renaissance of the 12th century.
    • The Renaissance: Was it a Thing?
    • It was in Italy, specifically Northern Italy, where the Renaissance movement took shape.
    • Describe the influences of the Renaissance and historical perspectives by modern-day writers

  • Intellectual Life

    • Charlemagne's inclination towards education, which led to the creation of many new churches and schools where students were required to learn Latin and Greek, has been called the "Carolingian Renaissance."
    • A second "renaissance" occurred during the reign of Otto I, King of the Saxons from 936–973 and Holy Roman Emperor from 952.
    • Thus, Otto's reign has also been called a "renaissance."
    • The renaissance of the twelfth century has been identified as the third and final of the medieval renaissances.
    • Yet the renaissance of the 12th century was far more thoroughgoing than those renaissances that preceded in the Carolingian and Ottonian periods.

  • Carolingian Painting in the Early European Middle Ages

    • Carolingian art comes from the Frankish Empire in the period of roughly 120 years from about 780 to 900 CE — during the reign of Charlemagne and his immediate heirs — popularly known as the Carolingian Renaissance.
    • The Abbey of Saint John at Müstair, Switzerland is the site of exceptionally well-preserved Carolingian art.
    • They belong to a limited set of surviving frescoes of the Carolingian period.
    • Fragments of Carolingian-era frescoes (early ninth century), St.
    • Bernd Schälicke examines the Carolingian frescoes on the north wall of the Benedictine Monastery Church of St.

  • Architecture of the Holy Roman Empire

    • The Pre-Romanesque period in Western European art is often dated from the Carolingian Renaissance in the late 8th century to the beginning of the 11th century Romanesque period.
    • It was built in the so-called Ottonic (Early-Romanesque) style during the Ottonian Renaissance.
    • The method of construction, used extensively for town houses of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, lasted into the 20th century for rural buildings.
    • Renaissance architecture (early 15th - early 17th centuries) flourished in different parts of Europe, when there was a conscious revival and development of ancient Greek and Roman thought and culture.
    • The earliest example of Renaissance architecture in Germany is the Fugger chapel in St.

  • Ottonian Painting in the Early European Middle Ages

    • The Ottonian Renaissance (951-1024) was a period of cultural and artistic achievement inspired by the revival of the Holy Roman Empire.
    • Originally a ducal family from Saxony, the Ottonians (named after their first King Otto I the Great) seized power after the collapse of Carolingian rule in Europe and re-established the Holy Roman Empire.
    • Both combined to create the Ottonian Renaissance (circa 951-1024), a period of heightened cultural and artistic fervor and achievement.
    • Ottonian art reflected this desire, fusing traditions and influences from late Roman, Byzantine, and Carolingian art.
    • The cross takes its name from the large engraced greenish rock crystal seal near its base, bearing the portrait and name of the Carolingian ruler Lothair II, King of Lotharingia (835-869).

  • Painting and Other Forms of Art

    • Carolingian art was restricted to a relatively small number of objects produced for a circle around the court and a number of Imperial abbeys they sponsored, but had a huge influence on later Medieval art across Europe.
    • The Reichenau style uses simplified and patterned shapes to create strongly expressive images, far from the classical aspirations of Carolingian art, and looking forward to the Romanesque.
    • The concept of the Northern Renaissance or German Renaissance is somewhat confused by the continuation of the use of elaborate Gothic ornament until well into the 16th century, even in works that are undoubtedly Renaissance in their treatment of the human figure and other respects.
    • Albrecht Dürer is thought to be the greatest artist of the German Renaissance
    • Locate the Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque styles of art in history, giving examples of each.

  • The End of the Carolingians

    • In the late 9th century, however, the lack of suitable adults among the Carolingians necessitated the rise of Arnulf of Carinthia, an illegitimate child of a legitimate Carolingian king.
    • The Carolingians were displaced in most of the regna of the Empire in 888.
    • Thus West Francia of the Carolingian dynasty became France.
    • His sister Adelaide, the last Carolingian, died in 1122.
    • Carolingian family tree, from the Chronicon Universale of Ekkehard of Aura, 12th century

  • Carolingian Metalwork in the Early European Middle Ages

    • Carolingian metalworkers primarily worked with gold, ivory, gems, and other precious materials.
    • Carolingian-era metalworkers primarily worked with gold, gems, ivory, and other precious materials.
    • For instance, luxury Carolingian manuscripts were given treasure bindings and elaborately ornate covers in precious metals set with jewels around central carved ivory panels.
    • Important Carolingian examples of metalwork came out of Charles the Bald's "Palace School" workshop, and include the cover of the Lindau Gospels, the cover of the Codex Aureus of St.
    • Emmeram, 870.Produced by the Carolingian Palace School.