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Image View Description:

Interior: Apse Mosaic of Virgin and Child

Date:

532-537

Location:

Istanbul (Turkey)

Location 2:

Sultanahmet

Title Variant:

Ayasofya

Work Type:

architecture

Work Type 2:

mosaics

Creator:

Isidore of Miletus, I

Creator Variant Name:

Isidorus of Miletus

Creator Nationality:

Byzantine

Creator Dates:

mid 6th-century

Creator Role:

engineer

Creator 2:

Anthemios of Tralles

Creator 2 Nationality:

Byzantine

Creator 2 Dates:

ca. 474- ca. 534

Creator 2 Role:

architect

Measurements:

Dome diameter: 31 m; dome height: 48.5 m

Photographer:

Gabriel Rodriguez

Image Source:

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Record ID:

1314_istanbul2013_hagiasophia_014