Begin with…

 SmartHistory Charlemagne: An Introduction (1 of 2) (12 minutes)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4PI8dEWTGE Charlemagne and the Carolingian Revival (part 2 of 2) (12 minutes)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyDPJENZOs0

Looking at Sacred ArchitecturePalace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen 792-805

(Germany)Church of Saint Cyriakus, Genrode begun 961 (Germany)

Abbey of St. Gall c. 817 (Switzerland)Abbey, Cluny 1088-1130 (Burgundy France )

Palace Chapel of Charlemagne792-805

Aachen (Germany)

Inside the RotundaPalace Chapel of Charlemagne792-805

Aachen (Germany)

Palace Chapel of Charlemagne792-805

What is the purpose of…

the clerestory?the forecourt?the westwork (narthex)?the passage to the palace?

An architectural reliquary like La Sainte-Chapelle and a mausoleum.

Reconstruction drawing of Old Saint Peter’s basilica, Rome 320-327 CE

MonksBenedictine

Rule of St. Benedict (c.480–547) for written by St. Benedict of Mursia (Italy) – a book of rules (instructions) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

Cistercian•founded in the late 11th century•habits are white or made of unbleached wool that is light grey or light beige•emphasized an austere (simple, plain, unadorned) spiritual life emphasis on prayer, intellectual pursuits, and shared manual labor•a cloistered order

Franciscan•founded in 1205 by St. Francis of Assisi•habits are brown•emphasized living a life that imitates as closely as possible the life of Christ•they spent their time out among the regular people (popolo) preaching or alone in hermitages praying and meditating

Dominican•founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century in France•habits are black•founded to preach the gospel and to combat heresy; regarded as the loyal guard dogs of the Catholic Church•the order is famed for its intellectual tradition, having produced many leading theologians and philosophers

Simone Martini1365-68Cappella Spagnuolo (Spanish Chapel)Chapter House, Santa Maria Novella, Florence fresco

Simone Martini1365-68

Chapter House, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

detail of a frescoThe Dominicans were founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century in France; their habits are black. They were founded to preach the gospel and to combat heresy; they are regarded as the loyal guard dogs of the Catholic Church.

Simone Martini1365-68

Chapter House, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Fra AngelicoThe Meeting of Saints Dominic and Francis of Assisi1434-35tempera and gold on panel

Filippino LippiApparition of The Virgin to St Bernard1486oil on panel

He is a Cistercian – notice the white robe.

Abbey of St. Gall c. 817 (Switzerland)

What is the purpose of a monastery?

Karl Gruber, 1937

http://www.stgallplan.org/en/reconstruction.html

Reconstruction drawing of the Abbey, Cluny, Burgundy France 1088-1130

What is the most important building?

Reconstruction drawing of the Abbey, Cluny, Burgundy France 1088-1130

Reconstruction drawing of the Abbey, Cluny, Burgundy France 1088-1130

Church of Saint Cyriakus

Gernrode, Germany begun in 961

This church is important to us because it is one of the few surviving examples of Ottonian architecture built in c. 965.

Church of Saint Cyriakus

Church of Saint Cyriakus

Notice that there are apses at both ends—like the Roman Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine which was finished 312 C.E.

Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany)

Certainly not a Ionic or Doric capital…..

Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany)

Is that a centaur I see? Hunting a dragon? On a Christian church!!!

Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany)

Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany)

Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany)