French artists

Introduction

In France, the monuments of the paint during the Middle Ages are quite rare, although the art has always been grown. Without speaking here of painting on glass, painting on enamel and miniature manuscripts, it is certain that most churches were early adorned with frescoes or paintings in tempera. King Childebert, they say, made paintings cover the walls of the church of Saint Germain des Pres; The Chapter of Charlemagne recommend the work of this kind, and the Black Ermold has preserved the details of the paintings that were made of his time in the Church of Ingelheim: strangely enough, ...