Title: Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950 : holy wisdom modern monument /
Authors: Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Ayasofya Müzesi.; Ayasofya Müzesi Public opinion.; Architecture, Byzantine Turkey Istanbul; Architectural criticism Europe History; Architectural criticism Europe History; Istanbul (Turkey) Buildings, structures, etc.
Contents: Great church in ceremony and censure -- Romantics and the throne, 1840-1860: Prussia and France -- Stones of Byzantium: John Ruskin and the stones of Venice -- Making a picturesque monument -- Redemption in England: William Morris, W.R. Lethaby, and Lord Curzon -- Starlit dome: the Byzantine poems of W.B. Yeats -- Unveiling the mosaics: Thomas Whittemore and his American patrons -- Revival to Wright: modern sophias.