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Author:
Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
Title:
Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument / Robert S. Nelson.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
xix, 277 p., 10 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Ayasofya M©ơzesi
Architecture, Byzantine--Istanbul.--Istanbul.
Ayasofya M©ơzesi--Public opinion.
Architectural criticism--Europe--History--19th century.
Architectural criticism--Europe--History--20th century.
Istanbul (Turkey)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
9780226571713
0226571718 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)53824134
LCCN:
2003025831
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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