The Architecture of The Kariye Camii in Istanbul. (Volumes I and Ii)

The building now known as the Kariye Camii in Istanbul--originally the Church of Christ in the Chora Monastery--is among the most important and best preserved monuments of Byzantine Constantinople, as well as a pivotal monument for Byzantine architecture in general. This dissertation offers a monographic study of the building and has three basic objectives: (1) To provide an architectural analysis of the existing monument, the largest portion of which dates from ca. 1316-1321, in terms of planning, structural and decorative concepts evident in the building; (2) To provide a detailed structural history of the building through an analysis of the archaeological and historical information available, discussing the aspects of planning evident in the various phases of construction; (3) To determine the place of the Kariye Camii in the architecture of the Palaeologan (Late Byzantine) period through the examination of related contemporary structures in Istanbul and other important centers of the period.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Ousterhout, Robert G.

• Fine Arts

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8209614

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71497