Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 Holy Wisdom Modern Monument

Name: Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 Holy Wisdom Modern Monument
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ISBN: 9780226571713

ISBN-10: 0226571718

ISBN-13: 9780226571713

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robert S. Nelson

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Built in the 6th century as the cathedral for Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia was later a mosque, monument & museum. Robert Nelson chronicles these changes & explores what impact they have had on the building.

Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/14/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

Robert Nelson is Robert Lehman Professor of the History of Art and Medieval Art and Architecture at Yale University.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgment


Introduction



The 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




""Starlit Dome"": The Byzantine Poems of W. B. Yeats



Unveiling the Mosaics: Thomas Whittemore and His American Patrons



Revival to Wright: Modern Sophias


Abbreviation List


Notes


Index