Hagia Sophia

Interior: Detail of Cherub

Istanbul Documentation Project
Hagia Sophia
Image
1213_istanbul2003_hagiasophia_img_108

Creator

Isidore of Miletus, I
Isidorus of Miletus
Byzantine
engineer
mid 6th-century
Anthemios of Tralles
Byzantine
architect
ca. 474- ca. 534
Title Variant
Ayasofya
Date

532-537

Measurements
Dome diameter: 31 m; dome height: 48.5 m

Material/Technique

ashlar
brick

Work Type

architecture
mosaic
Image Date
2003
Image Source

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