1. 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

2. Looking at Sacred Architecture Palace 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 )

3. Palace Chapel of Charlemagne 792-805 Aachen (Germany)

4. Inside the Rotunda Palace Chapel of Charlemagne 792-805 Aachen (Germany)

5. Palace Chapel of Charlemagne 792-805 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.

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

7. Monks Benedictine 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

8. Simone Martini 1365-68 Cappella Spagnuolo (Spanish Chapel) Chapter House, Santa Maria Novella, Florence fresco

9. Simone Martini 1365-68 Chapter House, Santa Maria Novella, Florence detail of a fresco The 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.

10. Simone Martini 1365-68 Chapter House, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

11. Fra Angelico The Meeting of Saints Dominic and Francis of Assisi 1434-35 tempera and gold on panel

12. Filippino Lippi Apparition of The Virgin to St Bernard 1486 oil on panel He is a Cistercian – notice the white robe.

14. Abbey of St. Gall c. 817 (Switzerland) What is the purpose of a monastery?

15. Karl Gruber, 1937 http://www.stgallplan.org/en/reconstruction.html

16. Reconstruction drawing of the Abbey, Cluny, Burgundy France 1088-1130 What is the most important building?

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

19. 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.

20. Church of Saint Cyriakus

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

23. Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany) Certainly not a Ionic or Doric capital…..

24. Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany) Is that a centaur I see? Hunting a dragon? On a Christian church!!!

25. Church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode begun 961 (Germany)