Title & Author:

Hagia Sophia from the age of Justinian to the present / edited by Robert Mark and Ahmet Ş. Çakmak.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Description:

xix, 255 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Spine title: Hagia Sophia.
Papers from a colloquium convened by several related schools, deparatments, and programs of Princeton University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Roman experimental design and the Great Church / William L. MacDonald -- Design and structural innovation in Byzantine architecture before Hagia Sophia / Slobodan Ćurčić -- Byzantine writers on the fabric of Hagia Sophia / Cyril Mango -- Hagia Sophia's nave cornices as elements of its design and structure / Lawrence E. Butler -- Photogrammetric studies of the dome of Hagia Sophia / Onur Gürkan, Serhat Çamhdere, and Mustafa Erdik -- The structure of Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki from its construction to the present / Kalliope Theocharidou -- Finite-element modeling of the first and second domes of Hagia Sophia / Shiro Kato [and others].
(cont.) Preliminary report on an integrated study of the structure of Hagia Sophia: Past, present, and future / Robert Mark, Ahmet Ş. Çakmak, and Mustafa Erdik -- The rotunda of Thessaloniki: Seismic behavior of Roman and Byzantine structures / George Penelis [and others] -- Questioning Hagia Sophia / Rowland J. Mainstone -- Structural influence of Hagia Sophia on Ottoman mosque architecture / Metin Ahunbay and Zeynep Ahunbay -- The life of an imperial monument: Hagia Sophia after Byzantium / Gülru Necipoğlu -- Selected survey drawings of Hagia Sophia / Robert Van Nice.

Summary:

Hagia Sophia from the Age of Justinian to the Present examines problems of form and structure related to one of the masterpieces of world architecture that have intrigued architects and engineers, as well as historians, for centuries. With its vast scale, immense cost, extraordinary speed of erection, and stunning interior space, Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), constructed between 532-537, is unparalleled in premodern architecture. As such, the achievement begs answers to three important and interrelated questions: the nature of the material sources available to the designers that enabled them to create this great building; the behavior of Hagia Sophia's much-modified structure over centuries under the action of environmental loadings; and the ability of the present structure to withstand a major earthquake. In this volume, scholars and professionals provide new ideas and information pertaining to the historical background, physical environment, design, and state of the Hagia Sophia building structure over time. The essays are organized along themes that include structural precursors, observations of the fabric of the Byzantine Hagia Sophia and related buildings, structural studies of the Byzantine building, and the Ottoman Hagia Sophia and its influence on contemporary architecture. This volume also contains a select set of plans and elevations of Hagia Sophia by Robert Van Nice, as well as new photography of the building that powerfully conveys its scale and its spatial and formal character.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521416779
9780521416771

Subject:

Ayasofya Müzesi.
Ayasofya Müzesi (Istanbul, Turquie)
Ayasofya Müzesi Istanbul
Ayasofya Müzesi (Istanbul) Congrès.
Architecture, Byzantine Turkey Istanbul.
Church architecture Turkey Istanbul.
Architecture, Ottoman Turkey Istanbul.
Mosques Turkey Istanbul.
Religious architecture Turkey Istanbul.
Architecture byzantine Turquie İstanbul.
Architecture religieuse Turquie İstanbul.
Architecture ottomane Turquie İstanbul.
Mosquées Turquie İstanbul.
Architecture chrétienne Turquie İstanbul.
Religious architecture
Architecture, Byzantine
Architecture, Ottoman
Buildings
Church architecture
Mosques
Aufsatzsammlung
Aya Sophia (Istanbul)
Kerkgebouwen.
Mosques Turkey.
Architecture byzantine Turquie Istanbul (Turquie) Congrès.
Architecture religieuse Turquie Istanbul (Turquie) Congrès.
Architecture ottomane Turquie Istanbul (Turquie) Congrès.
Mosquées Turquie Istanbul (Turquie) Congrès.
Istanbul (Turkey) Buildings, structures, etc.
İstanbul (Turquie) Constructions
Turkey Istanbul
Ayasofya Muzesi (Istanbul, Turquie)
Istanbul (Turquie) Basilique Sainte Sophie histoire.
Istanbul Hagia Sophia.
Religious buildings

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Conference publications.

Added entries:

Mark, Robert.
Çakmak, A. Ş.
Princeton University.
Hagia Sophia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 77276
Call No.: ID:92-B950
Status: Available