Aug 22 2010
Categories: Biography
Charlemagne: Carolingian Renaissance – third part
7Charlemagne's reign was characterized not just with warfare, but also with his political achievements. He also made a significant improvement in literacy and culture of the Frankish Empire. Because of the tendency to the ideals of the Ancient Rome, and the very idea of restitution of literacy, culture and art, this period is called the Carolingian Renaissance.
Jul 17 2010
Categories: Painting
Images of Byzantine Emperors in Mosaics of Hagia Sophia
0Hagia Sophia holds preserved one of the largest corpuses of mosaics imaging Byzantine emperors. They are sacramential mosaics, in which the emperors are displayed bearing gifts or kneeling before the Christ or Virgin Mary. Residing on the walls of the church, where figures of saints are usually displayed, the emperors, shown with aureolas on their heads, are also represented as holy figures.
Jun 17 2010
Categories: Painting
Paolo Veneziano
0Paolo Veneziano was a painter that had marked Venetian painting of 14th century. He is considered a founder of the Venice painting school, and he was one of the first official state painters. To get familiar with his specific art expression, first we have to take a glance at the artistic situation in Venice at that time.
May 01 2010
Categories: Biography
Charlemagne: Political life and warfare – second part
0Charlemagne is best known for his war campaigns, most famous of which are those against the Saxons and the Avars. Apart from that, this article will also tell of the structure of the Frankish kingdom, as well as Charlemagne's government in general.