Formgenese karolingischer Elfenbeine. Strukturen der Antikenrezeption
Martin Büchsel
Often, we mention Renovatio Imperii when talk about the reception of ancient art during Carolingian period. We like to imagine that artists, for both political and religious reasons, sought out normative examples in art. However, example ivory carvings from period serves demonstrate artists were astonishingly freewheeling their adaptation models Late Antiquity; fact, virtually without exception, they produced highly innovative compositions rather than exact copies. Thus, results my inquiry show criteria should be reformulated account recreation imitation.
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