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Zusatztext A masterful, concise, and eminently readable synthesis of the architectural -- and thus also a key aspect of the cultural -- history of the medieval eastern Roman world and its neighbors. Drawing on his own ground-breaking research, on the original sources (written, material-cultural, and archaeological), and informed by an intimate knowledge of the vast modern literature in the field, Robert Ousterhout has produced an invaluable survey that will undoubtedly be the basic 'go-to' reference work for the subject for many years to come. Informationen zum Autor Robert G. Ousterhout is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. His previous books include Visualizing Community: Art, Material Culture, and Settlement in Byzantine Cappadocia and Master Builders of Byzantium. Klappentext The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book, including the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Russia, as well as parallel developments in Crusader and early Islamic architecture. Zusammenfassung The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book, including the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Russia, as well as parallel developments in Crusader and early Islamic architecture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author's Preface Introduction: Historical Architecture, East and West Part One: Late Antiquity (fourth to Seventh Centuries) Chapter One: Rome, the Domus Ecclesiae, and the Church Basilica Chapter Two: A Tale of Two Cities: Constantinople and Jerusalem in the Time of Constantine Chapter Three: Ritual Settings I: Liturgy, Initiation, Commemoration Chapter Four: Ritual Settings II: Pilgrimage, Relics, and Sacred Space Chapter Five: Makers, Methods, and Materials Chapter Six: Regional Developments, East and West Chapter Seven: Secular Architecture: Cities, Houses, and Fortifications Chapter Eight: Innovative Architecture Chapter Nine: The Basilica Transformed: Hagia Sophia in Constantinople Chapter Ten: Justinian's Building Program and Sixth-Century Developments Part Two: The Transitional Period (seventh to ninth centuries) Chapter Eleven: The Transitional Period within Byzantium Chapter Twelve: Transformation at the Edges of Empire Part Three: The Middle Byzantine Centuries (ninth to twelfth centuries) Chapter Thirteen: New Church Architecture and the Rise of Monasticism Chapter Fourteen: Secular Architecture and the Fate of the City Chapter Fifteen: Constantinople as an Architectural Center Chapter Sixteen: Master Builders and Their Craft Chapter Seventeen: Development of Regional Styles I: Middle Byzantine Greece and Macedonia Chapter Eighteen: Development of Regional Styles II: Middle Byzantine Anatolia Chapter Nineteen: Development of Regional Styles III: The Caucasus Chapter Twenty: Contested Lands: Architecture at the Time of the Crusades Chapter Twenty-One: The Exotic West: Southern Italy, Venice, and Sicily Chapter Twenty-Two: Exporting a Culture / Importing a Culture: Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' and Serbia Part Four: The Late Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Centuries (thirteenth to fifteenth centuries) Chapter Twenty-Three: The Difficult Thirteenth Century Chapter Twenty-Four: Palaiologan Constantinople and a New Architectural Idiom Chapter Twenty-Five: Old and New: Greek Cities and Landscapes Chapter Twenty-Six: Regional Diversity: Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania Chapter Twenty-Seven: Rival Powers: The Ottomans and Russia Epilogue: An Enduring Legacy Glossary of Terms Abbreviations Bibliography Index ...
