hagia sophia, constantinople (istanbul), turkey, ca 532-537
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Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, ca 532-537. Hagia Sophia. Grandest building of the Byzantine Empire Built 532 – 537 CE, during the reign of Justinian 270 feet long & 240 feet wide Dome is 108 feet in diameter & 180 feet in height - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Hagia Sophia,Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, ca 532-537
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Hagia Sophia• Grandest building of the Byzantine Empire• Built 532 – 537 CE, during the reign of Justinian• 270 feet long & 240 feet wide• Dome is 108 feet in diameter & 180 feet in height• First dome collapsed in 508 CE – replaced by the
present dome• Four Turkish minarets were constructed after the
Ottoman conquest of 1453 when Hagia Sophia became a Muslim mosque
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Hagia SophiaConstantinople (Istanbul), Turkey,
ca 532-537
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• Windows in the dome’s base create a halo of light
• Used pendentives to transfer the weight from the dome to the piers beneath instead of the walls
• Created the illusion of the suspended dome
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Mosaics• Byzantine mosaics had Eastern
influences including the use of “smalti” (glass tiles)
• Often back by gold leaf• Use of gilded mosaics serves to
create a more radiant light when the sun hits it
• Creates an aura around the image (set on an angle to catch the light)
• Covered walls and ceilings
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Justinian, Bishop Maxanius and attendants, mosaic from the north wall of the apse,
San Vitale, Ravenna, italy, ca. 547
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Theodora and attendants, mosaic from the south wall of the apse,
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 547
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http://byzantineee.blogspot.com/2011/02/byzantine-mosaics.html