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Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Ayasofya Müzesi.
Architecture, Byzantine > Turkey > Istanbul.
Ayasofya Müzesi > Public opinion.
Architectural criticism > Europe > History > 19th century.
Architectural criticism > Europe > History > 20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of 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.