Istanbul (Turkey)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture, Ottoman--Turkey--Istanbul--History
Following the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottomans, a new trend in architecture developed that achieved a balance between the traditional Ottoman building practices of Bursa and Edirne with the styles found in Byzantium and the West....
A. Plan - 1. East chevet with three apses 2. Transept topped with a square lantern tower 3. Polygonal stairway turrets 4. Nave and aisles 5. Crypt-hall with ambulatory set with niches throughout; B. Longitudinal section; C. Axonometric projection.
St. Irene (Church : Istanbul, Turkey); Irene, Empress of the East, 752?-803; Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of the East, 718-775; Apses (Architecture)--Turkey--Istanbul; Art patronage--Turkey--Istanbul--History--8th century
The mosaic of the cross in the apse of Hagia Eirene in Constantinople is examined in order to determine the imperial patron responsible for it's construction. Key points in this study are Orthodox image veneration, Iconoclast doctrine and the...
1. Peristyle entrance 2. Polygonal atrium 3. Vestibule of the baths 4. Frigidarium 5. Piscina 6. Tepidarium and caldarium 7. Vestibule of the peristyle 8. Large peristyle with fountain 9. Covered walk of the Great Hunt 10. Basilican coenatio with...
1. Large central nave, which reached a height of 39 m under three groin vaults 2. Aisles in concrete with octagonal coffers 3. Western apse, which contained the colossal statue of Constantine.
