
Romanesque Ornament - So soon as charlemagne had succeeded to a certain extent in consolidating his empire, he selected Aixla-Chapelle as his place of residence, and called around him in that city artist of all kinds both from the former Western as well as from the Eastern Roman empires. These artist were engaged in decorating and adorning his palaces, and it was here that a new style, the Romanesque style, based upon classic architecture, and...