ROMANESQUE PAINTER, German
(active around 1180)

Christ in Majesty

c. 1180
Fresco
Doppelkirche, Schwarzrheindorf

The cultural heritage of Byzantium had become very popular in the German countries north of the Alps. The frescoes in the Doppelkirche (Double Church) of Sts Mary and Clement in Schwarzrheindorf, represents an example of the new artistic style which soon became popular. The Doppelkirche is a Romanesque church in Schwarzrheindorf, an eastern suburb of Bonn. Completed in 1151, the church has two levels and medieval wall paintings of saints and apocalyptic scenes.




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