Ottonian imperial art and portraiture
Subtitle: the artistic patronage of Otto III and Henry II
By: Eliza Garrison
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, UK, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780754669685
Subjects: Power (Social sciences) in art; Art and history; Kings and rulers in art; Ottonian Art; Art patronage
Other titles: Artistic patronage of Otto III and Henry II
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Art and politics at the imperial court : an introduction; title: Otto III at Aachen : the encounter with the divine; title: Henry II at Aachen : the remaking of the Aachen Treasury; title: Henry II at Bamberg : picturing the ruler for all time; title: The use and reuse of the past : the cult of relics, the cult of spolia, and the imperial image in the Ottonian period.