Word: karolingian
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...artistic development of the Germanic nationalities which in the Middle Ages made up the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire: the Austrian, Swiss, South German, North German, Dutch and Flemish peoples. It is to follow out this development from the age of the Migrations, the Merovingian Monarchy, and the Karolingian Empire on, through all its most important phases down to our own time...
...epitome of the course which art has taken in Middle Europe during the last nine hundred years. Without in the least laacking an organic unity or monumental impressiveness, the exterior of this building shows a rich diversity of structural detail, suggesting rather than copying motifs of numerous styles, from Karolingian austerity to Rococo playfulness. And the three main halls--the Romanesque, the Gothic, and the Renaissance halls--into which the interior is divided are conceived in the same large, comprehensive spirit. Each of them is of distinct individuality and brings out the fundamental features of the particular style of architecture...
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