Hagia Sophia
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 | Hagia Sophia |
| Designer | Isidoros and Anthemios |
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Date | 532 to 537 |
| Building Type | church |
| Climate | warm temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Byzantine |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | A tremendous domed space. Relieving arches and arched collonades. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Hagia_Sophia.html |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | Historic Areas of Istanbul |
| UNESCO State Party | Turkey |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iii, iv |
| UNESCO Site ID | 356 |
| Year of Listing | 1985 |
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Commentary
"If there is one work that realizes the 'ideal' Byzantine model, it is the astonishing church of Hagia Sophia built as the new Cathedral of Constantinople by the Emperor Justinian...He intended it as the keystone of his vast architectural campaign...
"Hagia Sophia was built in the amazingly short time of five years...The daring of the design, and perhaps the speed of the construction, made the structure unstable. Its first dome fell after an earthquake, and its replacement (in 563, with a higher profile than the original) had to be repaired after partial collapses in the ninth and fourteenth centuries."
— Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture: from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. p171.
"The choice of plan was...decided and imposed by Justinian himself. Santa Sophia does not have the basilical plan generally adopted for large buildings, but is on the centralized pattern....
"The architectural form of Santa Sophia is concealed by the richness of decoration. The walls, from the ground up, are covered in identical manner. Plaques of red, yellow and green marble blend with the mosaics, and these are further embellished by the capitals, imposts, architraves and friezes."
— Mitchell Beazley. The World Atlas of Architecture. p180.
"The Hagia Sophia was erected during the reign of Emperor Justinian (532 - 537 A.D.), when the Byzantine Empire was at the height of its power and influence. The massive dome, which is the prominent architectural feature, has since often been used as a model for the design of Islamic mosques. Indeed, after the fall of Byzantium, the Hagia Sophia was converted into an Ottoman mosque. Today, the monument is a museum serving both Christians and Muslims." — http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=394
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The church was built 532 to 537 and the dome replaced in 563 after an earthquake.
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Werner Blaser and Monica Stucky. Drawings of Great Buildings. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, 1983. ISBN 3-7643-1522-9. LC 83-15831. NA2706.U6D72 1983. plan and section drawings, p49.
Francis D. K. Ching. Architecture: Form, Space, and Order. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. ISBN 0-442-21535-5. LC 79-18045. NA2760.C46. perspective sketch, p26. plan and section, p212.— A nice graphic introduction to architectural ideas. Updated 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. nine squares diagram, p188.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Howard Davis. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD 2260.1012.0218.
Spiro Kostof. A History of Architecture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN 0-19-503472-4. LC 84-25375. NA200.K65 1985. p262, 263, fig 11.27, 11.28.
John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, 1975. photos, cutaway drawings, p84-85.Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. — An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com
John Julius Norwich, ed. The World Atlas of Architecture. New York: Portland House, 1988. ISBN 0-517-66875-0. p180.
G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3556-2. distant photo, p36, interior photo of dome, 37. — Available at Amazon.com
Henri Stierlin. Comprendre l'Architecture Universelle 1. Paris: Office du Livre S.A. Fribourg (Suisse), 1977. longitudinal section drawing, p111. transverse section drawing, p111. plan drawing, p110. nsite plan drawing of constantinople in the byzantine period, p109.
Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986. ISBN 0-13-044702-1. NA200.T7. p171-174.
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Finalist in the New Seven Wonders international architectural landmarks contest.
