Biography Of A Landmark The Chora Monastery And Kariye Camii In Constantinople Istanbul From Late Antiquity To The 21st Century

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Biography of a Landmark, The Chora Monastery and Kariye Camii in Constantinople/Istanbul from Late Antiquity to the 21st Century

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004679804
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Biography of a Landmark, The Chora Monastery and Kariye Camii in Constantinople/Istanbul from Late Antiquity to the 21st Century written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its reconversion to a mosque in August 2020, the former monastic church of Saint Saviour in Chora entered yet another phase of its long history. The present book examines the Chora/Kariye Camii site from a transcultural perspective, tracing its continuous transformations in form and function from Late Antiquity to the present day. Whereas previous literature has almost exclusively placed emphasis on the Byzantine phase of the building’s history, including the status of its mosaics and paintings as major works of Palaiologan culture, this study is the first to investigate the shifting meanings with which the Chora/Kariye Camii site has been invested over time and across uninterrupted alterations, interventions, and transformations. Bringing together contributions from archaeologists, art historians, philologists, anthroplogists and historians, the volume provides a new framework for understanding not only this building but, more generally, edifices that have undergone interventions and transformations within multicultural societies. The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Images of the Byzantine World

Author : Angeliki Lymberopoulou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351928783
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Images of the Byzantine World written by Angeliki Lymberopoulou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main themes of this volume are the identification of 'visions', 'messages', and 'meanings' in various facets of Byzantine culture and the possible differences in the perception of these visions, messages and meanings as seen by their original audience and by modern scholars. The volume addresses the methodological question of how far interpretations should go - whether there is a tendency to read too much into too little or whether not enough attention is paid to apparent minutiae that may have been important in their historical context. As the essays span a wide chronological era, they also present a means of assessing the relative degrees of continuity and change in Byzantine visions, messages and meanings over time. Thus, as highlighted in the concluding section, the book discusses the validity of existing notions regarding the fluidity of Byzantine culture: when continuity was a matter of a rigid adherence to traditional values and when a manifestation of the ability to adapt old conventions to new circumstances, and it shows that in some respects, Byzantine cultural history may have been less fragmented than is usually assumed. Similarly, by reflecting not just on new interpretations, but also on the process of interpreting itself, the contributors demonstrate how research within Byzantine studies has evolved over the past thirty years from a set of narrowly defined individual disciplines into a broader exploration of interconnected cultural phenomena.

Art and its Observers

Author : Patricia Emison
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1648894135
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Art and its Observers written by Patricia Emison and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What ties western art together? This extended essay attempts to distill some of the basic ideas with which artists and observers of their art have grappled, ideas worthy of ongoing consideration and debate. The fostering of visual creativity as it has morphed from ancient Greece to the present day, the political and economic forces underpinning the commissioning and displacement of art, and the ways in which contemporary art relates to past periods of art history (and in particular, the Renaissance), are among the topics broached. Architecture, drawings, prints, films, painting, sculpture, and decorative arts from Europe and the US are considered and examined, often including nonstandard examples, occasionally including ones from the immediate surroundings of the author (who is based in New England). Although this book is primarily geared to those who would like a brief introduction to some basic aspects of a visual tradition spanning thousands of years, students of aesthetics might also discover useful benchmarks in this concise overview. The author places the emphasis on how art has been used and loved (or sometimes despised or ignored) more than on which works should be most famous.

The Art of the Kariye Camii

Author : Robert G. Ousterhout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Kariye Camii written by Robert G. Ousterhout and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A touchstone of Byzantine artistic achievement, the church now known as the Kariye Camii in Istanbul preserves impressive cycles of mosaic and fresco, for which it is justifiably famous. Once the heart of the Chora Monastery, the building was reconstructed around 1316-21, under the patronage of the Byzantine statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites. -- Besides its painting and mosaic decoration, the building itself is well-preserved. Enveloped by narthexes, a burial chapel and other additions, and topped by an array of domes, the Kariye Camii stands at the forefront of Late Byzantine architectural developments. -- This illustrated guide chronicles the building's history and provides a scene-by-scene guide to its spectacular decoration. As the author insists, the art of the Kariye Camii "is as sophisticated and erudite as a contemporary work of Byzantine literature, structured like a vast epic poem."

Restoring Byzantium

Author : Dimitŭr Simeonov Angelov
Publisher : Wallach Art Gallery
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Restoring Byzantium written by Dimitŭr Simeonov Angelov and published by Wallach Art Gallery. This book was released on 2004 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the exception of Hagia Sophia, no Byzantine monument in the modern city of Istanbul can rival the former church of the monastery of the chora (Kariye Camii). This catalogue brings together scholars who have studied aspects of the Kariye Camii's art, architecture, and history.

Eastern Medieval Architecture

Author : Robert Ousterhout
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190058404
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Eastern Medieval Architecture written by Robert Ousterhout and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book. Representing the visual residues of a "forgotten" Middle Ages, the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, Russia, and the Middle East parallel the more familiar architecture of Western Europe. The book offers an expansive view of the architectural developments of the Byzantine Empire and areas under its cultural influence, as well as the intellectual currents that lie behind their creation. The book alternates chapters that address chronological or regionally-based developments with thematic studies that focus on the larger cultural concerns, as they are expressed in architectural form.

The Art of the Kariye Camii

Author : Robert G. Ousterhout
Publisher : Scala Books
ISBN 13 : 9781857592498
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Kariye Camii written by Robert G. Ousterhout and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touchstone of Byzantine artistic achievement, the church now known as the Kariye Camii in Istanbul preserves impressive cycles of mosaic fresco, for which it is justifiably famous. Once the heart of the Chora monastery, the building was reconstructed a

The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul

Author : Robert G. Ousterhout
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884021650
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul written by Robert G. Ousterhout and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1987 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kariye Camii remains one of the most important and best-known monuments of the Byzantine world. Rebuilt and decorated in the early 14th century by statesman-scholar Theodore Metochites, the monument played a key role in the development of Late Byzantine art. Ousterhout presents a structural history and architectural analysis of this building.

Byzantine Constantinople

Author : Nevra Necipoğlu
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004116252
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Constantinople written by Nevra Necipoğlu and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers on the city of Constantinople by a distinguished group of Byzantine historians, art historians, and archaeologists provides new perspectives as well as new evidence on the monuments, topography, social and economic life of the Byzantine imperial capital.

Divine Heiress

Author : Vasiliki Limberis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134862792
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Divine Heiress written by Vasiliki Limberis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divine Heiress explores the vital role of the Virgin Mary in the cultural and religious life of Constantinople in late antiquity. It shows how she was transformed from a humble Jewish maiden into a divine figure and supernatural protector of Constantinople. Vasiliki Limberis examines the cult of Mary in the context of the religious culture of the Mediterranean world and the imperial Christianity of the Roman Empire. The author looks at all the evidence for the cult but pays particular attention to the early hymns to the virgin. These hymns preserved the strong indigenous goddess traditions of Demeter/Persephone, Isis, Hecate and Athena. By studying them the author places the cult of Mary in its historical and cultural context.

Mosaics in the Medieval World

Author : Liz James
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108508596
Total Pages : 1748 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Mosaics in the Medieval World written by Liz James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 1748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.

The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul

Author : Robert G. Ousterhout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul written by Robert G. Ousterhout and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Holiness and Power

Author : Rafal Kosinski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110417074
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Holiness and Power written by Rafal Kosinski and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines models of relationships between Constantinopolitan holy man and secular and ecclesiastical authorities in the capital of Byzantium. The study explores the ideal underlying the lives of the four Constantinopolitan holy men (Hypatios, Alexander Akoimetos, Daniel the Stylite, Marcellus Akoimetos), which was a reflection of contemporary reality as well as a vision of an ideal state.

Aladdin's Lamp

Author : John Freely
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307271323
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Aladdin's Lamp written by John Freely and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B.C. and, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains how, as the Dark Ages shrouded Europe, scholars in medieval Baghdad translated the works of these Greek thinkers into Arabic, spreading their ideas throughout the Islamic world from Central Asia to Spain, with many Muslim scientists, most notably Avicenna, Alhazen, and Averroës, adding their own interpretations to the philosophy and science they had inherited. Freely goes on to show how, beginning in the twelfth century, these texts by Islamic scholars were then translated from Arabic into Latin, sparking the emergence of modern science at the dawn of the Renaissance, which climaxed in the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century.

The Stoudios Monastery in Istanbul

Author : Tarkan Okcuoglu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786057685711
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book The Stoudios Monastery in Istanbul written by Tarkan Okcuoglu and published by . This book was released on 2021-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four essays on the oldest church in Istanbul. The Monastery of Stoudios was built in the fifth century in Constantinople and for centuries constituted one of the most significant monasteries of the Byzantine capital. Today, only the church of the monastic complex--which was converted into a mosque in the Ottoman Period--survives. The chapters of this book complement different aspects of the Monastry of Stoudios based on primary sources. Esra Kudde explores its architectural characteristics and provides detailed documentation; Nicholas Melvani provides a meticulous study of its Byzantine history and evaluates its elements of architectural sculpture; and Tarkan Okçuoğlu narrates the Ottoman history of the complex.

Carlo Crivelli

Author : R. W. Lightbown
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300102860
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Carlo Crivelli written by R. W. Lightbown and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venetian artist Carlo Crivelli (c. 1430–1495) is a painter whose individuality of style and mastery of powerful line have fascinated many, but whose life and art have remained enigmatic. This absorbing book, drawing on extensive research in Venice and the Marches, the region of central Italy that Crivelli dominated artistically from 1468 until his death, examines his paintings in depth and traces the fundamental influences of the Vivarini, of Squarcione and Mantegna, and later of Flemish art. Ronald Lightbown, eminent historian of Italian Renaissance art, interweaves stylistic and iconographical analysis of Crivelli’s work with historical and cultural background. The author uncovers the reasons that led patrons to choose the saints that figured in Crivelli’s altarpieces, discusses the initiations of new cults and the devising of an iconography for them, and demonstrates Crivelli’s independence from clerical dictation in the symbolism of his still-life pictures.

Performing the Gospels in Byzantium

Author : Roland Betancourt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108870872
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Performing the Gospels in Byzantium written by Roland Betancourt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the Gospel text from script to illustration to recitation, this study looks at how illuminated manuscripts operated within ritual and architecture. Focusing on a group of richly illuminated lectionaries from the late eleventh century, the book articulates how the process of textual recitation produced marginalia and miniatures that reflected and subverted the manner in which the Gospel was read and simultaneously imagined by readers and listeners alike. This unique approach to manuscript illumination points to images that slowly unfolded in the mind of its listeners as they imagined the text being recited, as meaning carefully changed and built as the text proceeded. By examining this process within specific acoustic architectural spaces and the sonic conditions of medieval chant, the volume brings together the concerns of sound studies, liturgical studies, and art history to demonstrate how images, texts, and recitations played with the environment of the Middle Byzantine church.