The Hagia Sophia: From the Age of Justinian to the Present

by Robert Mark

With its vast scale, immense cost, extraordinary speed of erection, and stunning interior space, the creation of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul between 532-537 is unparalleled in premodern, Western architecture. As such, the achievement begs answers to three important questions: the nature of the theoretical and material resources available to the early designers to achieve this great building; the behaviour over the centuries of its much modified structure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521416779
• ISBN13: 9780521416771
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 2.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.2"