The Urban Image of Late Antique Constantinople (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- From its foundation in the fourth century to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth century, the city of Constantinople boasted a collection of antiquities unrivaled by any city of the medieval world. The Urban Image of Late Antique Constantinople reconstructs the collection from the time that the city was founded by Constantine the Great through the sixth-century reign of the emperor Justinian. Drawing on medieval literary sources and, to a lesser extent, graphic and archaeological material, it identifies and describes the antiquities that were known to have stood in the city’s public spaces. Individual displays of statues are analyzed as well as examined in conjunction with one another against the city’s topographical setting in an effort to understand how ancient sculpture was used to create a distinct historical identity for Constantinople.
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780521030847
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 08/09/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Sarah Bassett
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Debbie Morton
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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