Ottonian art is a style in pre-romanesque German art
Covering also some works from the Low Countries
Northern Italy and eastern France.It was named by the art historian Hubert Janitschek after the Ottonian dynasty which ruled Germany and Northern Italy between 919 and 1024 under the kings Henry I
- Otto I
- Otto II
Otto III and Henry II.With Ottonian architecture
It is a key component of the Ottonian Renaissance.However
The style neither began nor ended to neatly coincide with the rule of the dynasty.It emerged some decades into their rule and persisted past the Ottonian emperors into the reigns of the early Salian dynasty
Which lacks an artistic style label of its own.In the traditional scheme of art history
Ottonian art follows Carolingian art and precedes Romanesque art
Though the transitions at both ends of the period are gradual rather than sudden.Like the former and unlike the latter
It was very largely a style restricted to a few of the small cities of the period
And important monasteries
As well as the court circles of the emperor and his leading vassals.