Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument

Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument /

"Built from 532 to 537 as the Cathedral of Constantinople, Hagia Sophia was little studied and seldom recognized as a great monument of world art until the nineteenth century, and Nelson examines the causes and consequences of the building's newly elevated status during that time. He chron...

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Main Author: Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Ayasofya Müzesi.
Ayasofya Müzesi > Public opinion.
Ayasofya Müzesi - Opinion publique.
Ayasofya (İstanbul, Turquie : Musée)
Ayasofya Müzesi > Opinion publique.
Ayasofya Müzesi.
Ayasofya Müzesi > Public opinion.
1800-1999
Geschichte 1850-1950
Architecture, Byzantine > Turkey > Istanbul.
Architectural criticism > Europe > History > 19th century.
Architectural criticism > Europe > History > 20th century.
Architecture byzantine > Turquie > Istanbul.
Critique d'architecture > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Critique d'architecture > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture byzantine > Turquie > İstanbul.
Architectural criticism.
Architecture, Byzantine.
Buildings.
Public opinion.
Aya Sophia (Istanbul)
Kerkgebouwen.
Architectural criticism > Europe > History.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Buildings, structures, etc.
İstanbul (Turquie) > Constructions.
Europe.
Turkey > Istanbul.
Hagia Sophia > Istanbul
Istanbul > Hagia Sophia.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Great church in ceremony and censure
  • Romantics and the throne, 1840-1860: Prussia and France
  • Stones of Byzantium: John Ruskin and the stones of Venice
  • Making a picturesque monument
  • Redemption in England: William Morris, W.R. Lethaby, and Lord Curzon
  • Starlit dome: the Byzantine poems of W.B. Yeats
  • Unveiling the mosaics: Thomas Whittemore and his American patrons
  • Revival to Wright: modern sophias.

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