Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine aesthetic experience /
[Book]
Nadine Schibille.
xiii, 282 pages :
illustrations (some color) ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index.
Viewing Hagia Sophia through sixth-century eyes -- Animation and illumination of Hagia Sophia's architectural structure -- Clad in a luminous membrane: the interior decoration of Hagia Sophia -- Building a house of wisdom: a question of meaning -- Hagia Sophia and the concept of beauty in the sixth century -- The function of art in the sixth century -- Hagia Sophia: embodiment of an early Byzantine aesthetic.