The Great Palace in Constantinople: An Architectural Interpretation - Nigel Westbrook
The Function of Ascription and Emulation in Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Imperial Palaces
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2020Uitgever: Brepols Publishers333 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503568351ISBN-13: 9782503568355Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary The Byzantine Great Palace, located adjacent to the Hagia Sophia, is arguably the most important Western complex to have disappeared from the architectural archive. Despite this absence, it may be argued that the representational halls of the palace - crown halls, basilicas, and reception halls or triclinia - served as models for the ascription of imperial symbolism, and for emulation by rival political centres. In a later phase of its existence, Byzantine emperors, in turn, looked to the example ...
