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Hagia Sophia

ArtistAnthemius of Tralles & Isidore of Miletus
Artist Info.Greece
ViewGeneral interior view, with colonnade, arches, gallery, pendentive, portion of dome
SiteIstanbul
LocationTurkey
Date532-537
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodByzantine Era
Add'l. Info.built for Emperor Justinian (r.527-65)
Saskia No.Jta-1463
SourceCunningham & Reich, Culture and Values, 6th ed., chapter 7, plate 3
 Gardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 12, plate 5
 Gilbert, Living with Art, 6th ed., chapter 13, plate 16
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 10, plate 39
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 8, plate 35
 Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 14, plate 7
 Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd ed., chapter 8, plate 30
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 7, plate 24
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 252