Medieval Art

The decline of Cluny, once the most powerful abbey in Christianity, ultimately lead to the loss of one of the greatest architectural achievements of the Middle Ages - the great church of Cluny III.

A little information about Benedict of Nursia who, while personally living a humble and obscure life, wrote a Rule which had profound impact on the life and culture of Europe.

And now for something completely different . . . Some inquiries about Medieval food have inspired me to take a different turn this month.

Cluny was one of the most important and dynamic forces influencing art and architecture at the turn of the Millennium. This is the first of several articles commemorating the 1090th anniversary of the foundation of Cluny.

While I am working on a longer article on Abbot Suger of St. Denis, I will offer the following brief (and sketchy) Time line of the more significant Medieval artworks and architectural achievements. For a more complete online reference with dates and historical information, I recommend the Ecole Library.

art medieval history catholic nicea panofsky, icon, iconography, beauty, truth, aesthetic, middle ages, religion, george hoelzeman

World War I, World War II, cathedrals, medieval, destruction, reconstruction, modernism, post modernism, Catholic, art, architecture, stained glass, George R. Hoelzeman

Altars, liturgy, Catholic, Medieval, churches, European, Middle ages, art, architecture, reform, George R. Hoelzeman,

Plan of St. Gall, monasticism, altars, Centula, Carolingian, church architecture, dimensions, catholic, liturgy, iconography, medieval, middle ages, Leonidas

monasticism, art, Plan, St. Gall, Benedict, Aniane, Catholic, history, Charlemagne, Louis the pious