Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 28 nov. 2014 - 320 pages
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Paramount in the shaping of early Byzantine identity was the construction of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (532–537 CE). This book examines the edifice from the perspective of aesthetics to define the concept of beauty and the meaning of art in early Byzantium. Byzantine aesthetic thought is re-evaluated against late antique Neoplatonism and the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius that offer fundamental paradigms for the late antique attitude towards art and beauty.
 

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Viewing Hagia Sophia through SixthCentury Eyes
13
Animation and Illumination of Hagia Sophias Architectural
43
The Interior Decoration
97
Building a House of Wisdom A Question of Meaning
127
Hagia Sophia and the Concept of Beauty in the Sixth Century
171
The Function of Art in the Sixth Century
199
Hagia Sophia Embodiment of an Early Byzantine Aesthetic
227
The Marbles Found in the Interior Decoration of Hagia Sophia
241
Index
275
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Dr Nadine Schibille is a Lecturer in Art History at the University of Sussex, UK

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