Form, Style and Meaning in Byzantine Church Architecture - Couverture rigide

Buchwald, Hans

 
9780860787792: Form, Style and Meaning in Byzantine Church Architecture
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0860787796 ISBN 13 : 9780860787792
Editeur : Variorum, 1999

Synopsis

Using detailed analyses of individual buildings as a point of departure, Professor Buchwald here examines various approaches to Byzantine architectural forms, and raises questions concerning the use of stylistic and other forms of analysis. One group of articles focuses on stylistic currents in Asia Minor, including that of the 13th-century Lascarid dynasty, previously unknown. Others explore methods which appear to have been used in the design of Byzantine churches, such as dimensional 'rules of thumb', modular and geometric systems of proportion, and the quadratura, hitherto recognised only in Western architecture. The final essays pose further questions: what were the goals and achievements of Byzantine architects, when they transformed older existing buildings? How, and why, did they use stereometric Euclidean geometry? And was there any ultimately Platonic connection?

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À propos de l'auteur

Hans Buchwald, University of Stuttgart, Germany

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Éditeur
Variorum
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0860787796
ISBN 13 
9780860787792
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
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Personne responsable
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