2025年2月11日 · Hagia Sophia, place of worship built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century CE under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is considered to be the most important Byzantine structure in the world and one of the world’s great monuments.

2004年10月1日 · The church of Hagia Sophia (literally “Holy Wisdom”) in Constantinople, now Istanbul, was first dedicated in 360 by Emperor Constantius, son of the city’s founder, Emperor Constantine. Hagia Sophia served as the cathedra, or bishop’s seat, of the city.

2018年1月12日 · The Hagia Sophia is an enormous architectural marvel in Istanbul, Turkey, that was originally built as a Christian basilica nearly 1,500 years ago.

Compare the Hagia Sophia capital with a Classical Greek Ionic capital, this one from the Greek Erechtheum on the Acropolis, Athens. The capital has abundant decoration but the treatment does not diminish the work performed by the capital.

The first major mosaic added to Hagia Sophia following the 843 end of Iconoclasm depicted the Virgin Mary and Christ Child in the apse, the semidome above the altar at the eastern end of the church.

The Deësis at Hagia Sophia illustrates a broader tendency toward naturalism (imitation of the visible world) in Late Byzantine art. Let us compare the image of Christ in the Hagia Sophia Deësis with a Middle Byzantine mosaic of Christ at Hosios Loukas Monastery in Boeotia, Greece, which dates to the eleventh century.

2024年1月31日 · Explore the exquisite mosaic panels and calligraphy of Hagia Sophia, where art and history intertwine, revealing stories from centuries past.

The present Hagia Sophia or the Church of Holy Wisdom became a mosque in 1453 following the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans under Sultan Mehmed II. In 1934, Atatürk, founder of Modern Turkey, converted the mosque into a museum.

2024年11月25日 · From the largest medallions bearing the names of revered figures in Islam to elegant inscriptions of Quranic verses, the calligraphy in Hagia Sophia weaves a story that connects visitors with the essence of both Christian and Islamic artistry.

These images are from Hagia Sophia’s time as an Eastern Orthodox Church. They are examples of the literal depictions of humans that the Christians used in decorating Hagia Sophia. Throughout the history of Hagia Sophia, gold tesserae was used frequently to …