The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul

by Robert G. Ousterhout

The Kariye Camii remains one of the most important and best-known monuments of the Byzantine world. Rebuilt and decorated in the early fourteenth century by the statesman and scholar Theodore Metochites, the Kariye Camii played a key role in the development of Late Byzantine art. Robert Ousterhout presents a detailed structural history and architectural analysis of this important building, and shows that the Kariye Camii was equally important in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884021653
• ISBN13: 9780884021650
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"