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See also Germany, Federal Republic of As with other types of art, sculpture production in Germany in the Middle Ages flourished at different times in various centres. In the early medieval period the area once settled by the Romans around Aachen and Metz in the west became prominent. The beginnings of a distinctive sculptural tradition in the Carolingian period (late 8th century–962) indicate the lingering impact of Christianity’s rejection of large-scale pagan sculpture (see Carolingian art, §III). Documents mention sculpture in stucco and precious metal, although little survives from this period. While the bronze statuette made in Metz of an emperor on horseback (c. 860; Paris, Louvre) complies with the traditional antique image of the ruler, it is stylistically closer to contemporary small-scale art. During the Ottonian period (c. 955–late 11th century) Hildesheim, Werden, Fulda, and Augsburg and their monasteries also became important centres for sculpture in ivory, wood, stone, and bronze (...