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Hagia Sophia : sound, space, and spirit in Byzantium
- Title
- Hagia Sophia : sound, space, and spirit in Byzantium / Bissera V. Pentcheva.
- Author
- Pentcheva, Bissera V.
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xii, 288 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- "Examines the aesthetic principles and spiritual operations at work in Hagia Sophia. Drawing on art and architectural history, liturgy, musicology, and acoustics, explores the Byzantine paradigm of animation"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Ayasofya Müzesi > History
- Ayasofya Müzesi
- Church buildings > Acoustics > History. > Turkey > Istanbul
- Interior architecture > Turkey > Istanbul > History
- Byzantine chants > History and criticism
- Sacred space > Turkey > Istanbul > History
- Byzantine chants
- Church buildings > Acoustics
- Interior architecture
- Sacred space
- Turkey > Istanbul
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-269) and index.
- Contents
- Sophia and Choros : the making of sacred space in Byzantium -- Inspiriting in the Byzantine consecration (kathierosis) rite -- Icons of breath -- Aural architecture -- Material flux : marble, water, and chant -- The horizontal mirror and the poetics of the imaginary -- Empathy and the making of art in Byzantium.
- Call Number
- JMF 17-268
- ISBN
- 9780271077253
- 0271077255
- LCCN
- 2016055895
- OCLC
- 967133931
- Author
- Pentcheva, Bissera V., author.
- Title
- Hagia Sophia : sound, space, and spirit in Byzantium / Bissera V. Pentcheva.
- Publisher
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-269) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JMF 17-268