Form, Style and Meaning in Byzantine Church Architecture

Hans Buchwald

ISBN 10: 0860787796 / ISBN 13: 9780860787792

Published by Ashgate, 1999

321p. Blue cloth boards have a light stain on front cover & small sticker on back. Text is clean, no writing or creases. Binding is very tight and hinges are secure. Seller Inventory # 63753

Synopsis:

Using detailed analyses of individual buildings as a point of departure, Professor Buchwald here examines various approaches to Byzantine architectural forms, and raises questions concerning the use of stylistic and other forms of analysis. One group of articles focuses on stylistic currents in Asia Minor, including that of the 13th-century Lascarid dynasty, previously unknown. Others explore methods which appear to have been used in the design of Byzantine churches, such as dimensional ’rules of thumb’, modular and geometric systems of proportion, and the quadratura, hitherto recognised only in Western architecture. The final essays pose further questions: what were the goals and achievements of Byzantine architects, when they transformed older existing buildings? How, and why, did they use stereometric Euclidean geometry? And was there any ultimately Platonic connection?

About the Author: Hans Buchwald, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Bibliographic Details

Title: Form, Style and Meaning in Byzantine Church ...
Publisher: Ashgate
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: 8vo Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: Variorum Collected Studies.