Interior, Palatine Chapel, Aachen
a. How does this work express Carolingian style?
b. What earlier traditions does it reflect?
c. Who commissioned this work?
Answers will vary.
a. It resonates the grandeur of earlier traditions, San Vitale, Ravenna and the aesthetics of the Roman Empire.
b. It is more than likely based on the plan of San Vitale, Ravenna which Charlemagne knew from his visits to that city.
c. Charlemagne.
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