Master Builders of Byzantium

by Robert Ousterhout and Robert G. Ousterhout

Book Overview

Examining Byzantine architecture--primarily churches built in the area of Constantinople between the ninth and fifteenth centuries--from the perspective of its masons, its master builders, Robert Ousterhout identifies the problems commonly encountered in the process of design and construction. He analyzes written evidence, the archaeological record, and especially the surviving buildings, concluding that Byzantine architecture was far more innovative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934536032
• ISBN13: 9781934536032
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

very good study

very good study with interesting pieces of information, both historical and technical, about byzantine building yards