Introduction
- Built between 532 and 537 AD
- Include prior uses of the site
- Use as an Orthodox patriarchal basilica
- Design/function: who was responsible for patronage, etc
- Discuss original basilica design
- Function of the different parts of the space as a basilica
- Changes made when the Ottoman Empire took over Turkey; what changes were made to the space, what form changes/function changes took place
- Differences between prayer/devotion in the Christian space versus the Islamic space and how the changes made to the design of the building were important
Iconography/Iconology
- Discuss Christian mosaics and the purposes of each mosaic
- Discuss different features that are unique to the mosaic work in the Hagia Sophia and which conform to traditional Byzantine standards of art
- Discuss most famous Islamic mosaics, and the purposes; discuss the differences between Islamic devotional art and Eastern Orthodox devotional art
- Primary-source descriptions of the building during its heyday; what famous individuals of the time had to say about the structure and why it is important
Conclusion
- Long-term impact of the structure/other structures that pay homage to different architectural elements of the structure
- Current-day uses
- Current-day structural problems if any (if not, reasons why the structure has withstood the test of time)
Works cited
Kinross, Patrick Balfour. Hagia Sophia. New York: Newsweek, 1972. Online.
Kleinbauer, W. Eugene, Antony White and Henry Matthews. Hagia Sophia. London: Scala Publishers, 2004. Online.
Türkoğlu, Sabahattin. Hagia Sophia. Istanbul: NET Turistik Yayınlar A.S., 1990. Online.
