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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Istanbul, Marmara, Turkeyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal532-537 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorAnthemios of Trallesen_US
dc.creatorIsidoros of Meletus, the Elderen_US
dc.date532-537en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-22T21:20:43Z
dc.date.available2013-02-22T21:20:43Z
dc.date.issued532-537en_US
dc.identifier195782en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1518en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/103290
dc.descriptionFountain (Islamic and used for washing before entering the Mosque), view looking up, depicting central dome; Hagia Sophia is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum, in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. It was the largest cathedral ever built in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Medieval Seville Cathedral in 1520. The current building was originally constructed as a church between 532 and 537 AD on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, and was in fact the third Church of the Holy Wisdom to occupy the site (the previous two had both been destroyed by riots). It was designed by two architects, Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. The Church contained a large collection of holy relics and featured, among other things, a 50 foot (15 m) silver iconostasis. It was the patriarchal church of the Patriarch of Constantinople and the religious focal point of the Eastern Orthodox Church for nearly 1000 years. In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and Sultan Mehmed II ordered the building to be converted into a mosque. The bells, altar, iconostasis, and sacrificial vessels were removed, and many of the mosaics were eventually plastered over. The Islamic features - such as the mihrab, the minbar, and the four minarets outside - were added over the course of its history under the Ottomans. It remained as a mosque until 1935, when it was converted into a museum by the Republic of Turkey. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/17/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumwood; stone; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectreligiousen_US
dc.subjectByzantineen_US
dc.titleHagia Sophiaen_US
dc.title.alternativeAyasofyaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-B-T-HS-1-H5en_US
vra.culturalContextGreek (ancient) Turkish Byzantineen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) stained glassen_US
vra.worktypebasilicaen_US
vra.worktypemosqueen_US
vra.worktypemuseumen_US
dc.contributor.displayAnthemios of Tralles (Byzantine architect, ca. 474-ca. 534); Isidoros of Meletus, the Elder (Byzantine architect, active ca. 550)en_US


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