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hagia sophia Manifestation of contemporary philosophies and civilizations is a learned and known function of art and architecture.... hagia sophia Manifestation of contemporary philosophies and civilizations is a learned and known function of art and architecture.... hagia sophia is among the oldest constructs on this globe.... However, the symbolic value of hagia sophia in philosophy and history is far richer than the aesthetic contribution of the structure....
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Essay
The Byzantine church, hagia sophia in Istanbul Turkey is lavishly decorated with mosaic murals of cherubs and holy people who have long gone but were considered as sacred.... hagia sophia was named as Christian Church of Divine Wisdom apparently because of the internal ornaments depicting colorful images of angels and saints constructed under the Roman Emperor who ruled Turkey.... The lavishness of hagia sophia is a reflection of Roman power in Constantinople....
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Essay
The influence of the Ionic and later Corinthian styles can be seen in columns of the earliest mosques, such as the hagia sophia built in 532 A.... in Istanbul (then Constantinople) in which Corinthian-style columns can be seen on the left side knave and Ionic-style columns in the center kiosk in the picture at left (Wegner, hagia sophia, [internet]) and in the Tulun Mosque in Cairo Egypt built-in 876 A.... The essay 'islamic Architecture: An Engagement of the Divine in the Human' is devoted to the issue of the architecture of islamic countries, factors that influence it, and the essay shows that the main factors are divine reflections and reasons....
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Essay
Failing to come to understanding with the other members of the society, Kemal left Vatan and joined the Committee of Union and Progress, which collaborated with the movement of the Young Turks (turkish bourgeois revolutionary movement, setting a task to replace the sultan's autocracy with constitutional order)....
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Essay
hagia sophia located in Constantinople, now Istanbul in Turkey has over the time represented a great architectural achievement of the late antiquity and the first fantastic masterpiece of the Byzantine world.... bit of some history of the hagia sophia indicated that the building had first been constructed in a Christian capital and was then referred to as the church of the holy wisdom.... After some time this first basilica was destroyed in Nika riots leading to a construction of the second hagia sophia....
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Research Paper
This case study "The hagia sophia Dome" sheds some light on the Byzantine Church of hagia sophia or Divine Wisdom in Istanbul, Turkey, which stands atop the first hill at the tip of the historic peninsula, surrounded by the waters of three seas.... his paper proposes to examine the main dome atop the hagia sophia: its structure, the method of construction, and the aesthetics of the feature.... he hagia sophia is a combination of the basilical and domical traditions of the post-Roman world....
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Case Study
From the paper "rustem pasha Mosque" it is clear that rustem pasha initially built the mosque for the affirmation of Islamic faith in Istanbul and for the Muslims to offer prayers.... Although the rustem pasha Mosque in Istanbul is a small one, it is famous all over the world for the tiles inlay work carried out inside the mosque.... However, the repairs thereafter restored the mosque to its original shape( rustem pasha Mosque)The mosque is located at the bay of Istanbul called 'Helic-i-Darsaadat' in Arabic and 'golden Horn' as per the name was given by the westerners to it....
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Case Study
Culture in the city is by the presence of sites such as ancient castles or palaces and architectural ruins.... ulture in the city is by the presence of sites such as ancient castles or palaces and architectural ruins.... This case study "Cultural Significance of a Famous City" focuses on Istanbul....
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Case Study