Hagia sophia and the byzantine aesthetic experience
Auteur :
Schibille, Nadine
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367600358
Date de publication :
30 juin 2020
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
500 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 Neoplato