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Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument

Title
Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument / Robert S. Nelson.
Author
Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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xix, 277 p., 10 p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Subject
  • Ayasofya Müzesi
  • Ayasofya Müzesi > Public opinion
  • Architecture, Byzantine > Turkey > Istanbul
  • Architectural criticism > Europe > History > 19th century
  • Architectural criticism > Europe > History > 20th century
  • Istanbul (Turkey) > Buildings, structures, etc
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-264) and index.
Contents
The great church in ceremony and censure -- Romantics and the throne, 1840-1860: Prussia and France -- Stones of Byzantium: John Ruskin and The stones of Venice -- Making a picturesque monument -- Redemption in England: William Morris, W.R. Lethaby, and Lord Curzon -- Starlit dome: the Byzantine poems of W.B. Yeats -- Unveiling the mosaics: Thomas Whittemore and his American patrons -- Revival to Wright: modern sophias.
Call Number
JQZ 12-2081
ISBN
0226571718 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003025831
OCLC
53824134
Author
Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
Title
Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument / Robert S. Nelson.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-264) and index.
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