Holy Roman Emperor

Examples of Holy Roman Emperor in the following topics:

• Panel Painting in the Northern Renaissance

  • The court of the Holy Roman Emperor played an important role in panel paintings during the Northern Renaissance.
  • The court of the Holy Roman Emperor, originally based in Prague, played an important role in supporting artists as patrons during the Northern Renaissance.
  • Albrech Durer is a well known artist of the Northern Italian Renaissance who found a patron in Emperor Maximillian I.

• Prague

  • The city was home to the dukes and then kings of Bohemia, and became the seat of an archbishop in 1344, and the Holy Roman Empire in 1346.
  • In 1346, Charles IV became both the Holy Roman Emperor and the king of Bohemia.
  • Vitus Cathedral was built under the reign of Charles IV, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia.

• Painting and Other Forms of Art

  • The court of the Holy Roman Emperor played an important part in the formation of artwork throughout Central Europe.
  • The Holy Roman Empire existed from 962 to 1806, and at its peak included territories of the Kingdoms of Germany, Bohemia, Italy and Burgundy.
  • The court of the Holy Roman Emperor, then based in Prague, played an important part in forming the International Gothic style in the late 14th century.
  • The front side shows a cameo of the emperor Augustus.

• Ottonian Metalwork in the Early European Middle Ages

  • However, the cross was actually commissioned over a century later for Otto III, the Holy Roman Emperor.
  • The cross bears a cameo of the great Roman emperor Augustus Caesar on one side and an engraving of the crucifixion of Jesus on the other.
  • The cross thus represents both church and state, in keeping with the Ottonian agenda, and serving to connect the Ottonian emperors to the original Roman emperors.
  • The cross also depicts the Hand of God holding a wreath containing a dove representing the Holy Spirit in the crucifixion scene.
  • The front side shows a cameo of the emperor Augustus.

• Italian Gothic Sculpture: The Pisano Family

  • Nicola Pisano and his son Giovanni developed a Proto-Renaissance style of sculpture in Italy combining classical Roman and Gothic styles.
  • Their relief sculptures drew heavily from the carved Roman sarcophagus and were characterized by sophisticated and crowded compositions and a sympathetic handling of nudity.
  • He was born between 1220 and 1225 in the southern Italian region of Apulia and trained in the local workshops of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.
  • The figures wear tunics in a Roman fashion, and his representation of the Madonna is reminiscent of the regal bearing of goddesses in late Roman sculpture.
  • Paul on the Bank of the Arno) at Pisa, and a monument commissioned by the emperor Henry VII, commemorating his wife Margaret of Brabant.

• Faith in the Face of Suffering

  • The Holy Roman Empire existed for almost 850 years, starting with the reign of Charlemagne in 962.
  • Throughout the Middle Ages several political, religious, and social crises ripped through the Holy Roman Empire.
  • These conflicts included ongoing internal struggles with various local monarchs vying for the role of Emperor, and struggles against rulers in areas attempting to resist the rule of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • The church remained one of the strongest institutions in Europe, and in the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Discuss the Great Famine, the Black Death, and the political and social unrest of the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.

• Architecture in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • Byzantine Emperor Justinian I launched an ambitious building program to develop holy sites to restore the glory of the Roman Empire.
  • During his reign, he sought to revive the empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire.
  • The Imperial Gate, reserved only for the emperor, was the main entrance of the cathedral.
  • During the reign of Justinian's uncle Justin I, the future emperor faced accusations of conspiring against the current emperor and was killed for it.
  • Emperor Justinian ordered the construction of Hagia Sophia in 532 CE.

• Ottonian Painting in the Early European Middle Ages

  • The Ottonian Renaissance (951-1024) was a period of cultural and artistic achievement inspired by the revival of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Originally a ducal family from Saxony, the Ottonians (named after their first King Otto I the Great) seized power after the collapse of Carolingian rule in Europe and re-established the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Likewise, his attire slightly resembles that of a Roman toga, a sartorial mainstay among emperors and senators of ancient times.
  • Lastly, the architectural space that surrounds the emperor fails to convey a sense of naturalistic recession into space.
  • Ottonian art was created to confirm a direct Holy and Imperial lineage as a source of legitimized power linked from Constantine and Justinian.

• Humans and Their Deities

  • A deity is a natural or supernatural being with superhuman powers or qualities, who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred.
  • A deity is a natural or supernatural being with superhuman powers or qualities who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred.
  • Some human rulers, such as the Kings of Egypt, the Japanese Tennos (emperors, ), and some Roman Emperors have been worshiped by their subjects as deities while still alive.
  • In many cultures, rulers and other prominent or holy persons are thought to become deities upon death.
  • Depiction of bearded Emperor Jimmu with his emblematic long bow and an accompanying wild bird — artwork by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892).

• The Romanesque Period

  • Romanesque architecture was the first distinctive style to spread across Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire.
  • Despite the impression of 19th century Art Historians that Romanesque architecture was a continuation of Roman styles, Roman building techniques in brick and stone were largely lost in most parts of Europe.
  • It was not the buildings of ancient Rome that inspired the Emperor Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel,in Aachen, Germany, built around the year AD 800.
  • Peter's Basilica on Christmas Day, in the year AD 800, with an aim to re-establishing the old Roman Empire.
  • In the process the Kingdom of Germany gave rise to the Holy Roman Empire.