Tuesday, 18 August 2009

hagia sophia interior dome

Hagia Sophia lit up at night. Back in September, the ArtSmart Roundtable covered Religious Architecture. This month, we're revisiting architecture, but it can be any kind: religious, secular, both, etc. Architecture has a part of my heart. I was two classes shy of an architecture studies minor... Justinian's architects succeeded in creating a structure that looked like heaven on earth in the interior with this amazing dome. Add to that the columns taken from pagan structures...

stock photo : Hagia Sophia
stock photo : Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia interior
Hagia Sophia interior

Hagia Sophia interior and dome
Hagia Sophia interior and dome

Hagia Sophia Interior Pictures
Hagia Sophia Interior Pictures

Hagia Sophia - Interior
Hagia Sophia - Interior

Email to a Friend. The lights
Email to a Friend. The lights

-the exterior of the Hagia Sophia. - the interior dome of the building. - a plan view drawing of the building. This building was a turning point in the evolution of early churches. The use of the arches within had been constructed...
RR 5: Hagia Sophia represents cutting edge design in the evolution ...

The vastness of the dome is spellbinding. Millions of blue tiles lining the massive dome sparkle high above me, arranged in the most brilliant mosaics. At its lower levels and at every pier, the interior of the mosque is lined with more than 20000 handmade ceramic tiles, in more than fifty different tulip designs. The design of the... After our tour of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque we make our way through the crowds to the blinding September heat outside. By some...
hagia sophia interior dome

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