Hagia Sophia, Constantinople: Religious images and their functional context after iconoclasm
This article examines the mosaic images in the apse and tympana of Hagia Sophia that have been attributed to the reigns of the emperors Basil I (867-886) and Leo VI (886-912). In the past, scholars have discussed these images through the lens of theological and political developments of the period....
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Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade
2004-01-01
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| description | This article examines the mosaic images in the apse and tympana of Hagia Sophia that have been attributed to the reigns of the emperors Basil I (867-886) and Leo VI (886-912). In the past, scholars have discussed these images through the lens of theological and political developments of the period. Several unusual aspects of the program, the choice of images, the body language of the figures, and the specific orientation of the images vis-à-vis liturgical and imperial ceremonies and rites have not been given sufficient attention. An examination of the apse and tympana programs shows that probably both were planned together to reflect the functional needs of the congregation that worshipped in Hagia Sophia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7721924c850e4771828a98640ebf38922022-12-21T19:01:44ZdeuFaculty of Philosophy, BelgradeZograf0350-13612004-01-012004-20053091910.2298/ZOG0530009THagia Sophia, Constantinople: Religious images and their functional context after iconoclasmTeteriatnikov NataliaThis article examines the mosaic images in the apse and tympana of Hagia Sophia that have been attributed to the reigns of the emperors Basil I (867-886) and Leo VI (886-912). In the past, scholars have discussed these images through the lens of theological and political developments of the period. Several unusual aspects of the program, the choice of images, the body language of the figures, and the specific orientation of the images vis-à-vis liturgical and imperial ceremonies and rites have not been given sufficient attention. An examination of the apse and tympana programs shows that probably both were planned together to reflect the functional needs of the congregation that worshipped in Hagia Sophia.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2004-2005/0350-13610530009T.pdf |
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| title | Hagia Sophia, Constantinople: Religious images and their functional context after iconoclasm |
| title_full | Hagia Sophia, Constantinople: Religious images and their functional context after iconoclasm |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Hagia Sophia, Constantinople: Religious images and their functional context after iconoclasm |
| title_short | Hagia Sophia, Constantinople: Religious images and their functional context after iconoclasm |
| title_sort | hagia sophia constantinople religious images and their functional context after iconoclasm |
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