The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in IstanbulDumbarton Oaks, 1987 - 157 pages The Kariye Camii remains one of the most important and best-known monuments of the Byzantine world. Rebuilt and decorated in the early fourteenth century by the statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites, the Kariye Camii played a key role in the development of Late Byzantine art. Robert Ousterhout presents a detailed structural history and architectural analysis of this important building, and shows that the Kariye Camii was equally important in the development of Late Byzantine architecture. |
Table des matières
The Byzantine History of the Kariye Camii | 11 |
An Analysis of the Existing Building | 37 |
The Church of Theodore Metochites | 91 |
Conclusion | 142 |
Index | 155 |
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addition alternating annex appear apse arches articulation base belfry bema brick building Byzantine Architecture Byzantine Churches capital central century chapel Chora closed columns Constantinople construction continues corner cornice correspond covered decoration dome door Dumbarton Oaks early east entirely entrance evident examples excavation exonarthex exterior facade flanking floor foundations four fourteenth-century frame fresco included indicate inner interior irregular Istanbul Kariye Camii Kariye Djami Kilise Late later Lips looking lower Mango marble masonry measures Metochites Monastery monuments mosaic naos narthex Nicephorus Gregoras niches Notes opening original Palaeologan Pammakaristos parecclesion pattern period Phase plaster portal portico portion position present probably prothesis recessed restoration revetment side similar slightly south facade space stone structural suggests tomb topped twelfth-century Underwood unit upper vault wall wall surface west facade width window