The Plan of St. Gall and the Theory of the Program of Carolingian Art
Lawrence Nees
The monumental publication of the Plan St. Gall by Walter Horn and Ernest Born proposes that surviving depends upon a lost paradigmatic authoritative exemplar preserved at imperial court. Drawing recent research prompted Horn's publication, while also indicating some problems with theory as put forth not previously noted, is here rejected it applied specifically to Gall. In broader sense, historiographic tradition associated very briefly reviewed, common view in general terms early Carolingian art may be understood product an official court program questioned.
Gesta