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Hagia Sophia : sound, space, and spirit in Byzantium / Bissera Pentcheva.
Fine Arts Library NA5870.A9 P46 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pentcheva, Bissera V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ayasofya Müzesi--History.
- Ayasofya Müzesi.
- Ayasofya MuÌzesi.
- Church buildings--Acoustics--Turkey--Istanbul--History.
- Church buildings.
- Interior architecture--Turkey--Istanbul--History.
- Interior architecture.
- Byzantine chants--History and criticism.
- Byzantine chants.
- Sacred space--Turkey--Istanbul--History.
- Sacred space.
- Church buildings--Acoustics.
- History.
- Turkey--Istanbul.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 288 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271077253
- 0271077255
- OCLC:
- 967133931
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