{"product_id":"hagia-sophia-9780271077260","title":"Hagia Sophia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines the aesthetic principles and spiritual operations at work in Hagia Sophia.  Drawing on art and architectural history, liturgy, musicology, and acoustics, explores the Byzantine paradigm of animation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The interdisciplinary methods of exploration and the development of digital technology in the cultural heritage preservation of the Hagia Sophia’s aural and visual environment in Pentcheva’s book are intriguing, well-researched, and rich to a depth previously unexplored. \u003ci\u003eHagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium \u003c\/i\u003eis worth adding to any collection exploring new innovations in archeoacoustical, art historical, and architectural research in Byzantine or medieval periods.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Marianne R. Williams \u003ci\u003eARLIS\/NA Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Evocatively rendered in careful prose, new photography, and recorded sound, this synthetic account breathes new life into a remarkable, elusive monument. Highly recommended.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—M. Rautman \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reminds us not only how much the study of aurality in Byzantine studies has yet to offer but also what the hidden aspects of Hagia Sophia might still yield.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mati Meyer \u003ci\u003ecaa.reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pentcheva’s book is a bold and at times thrilling attempt to decipher the building as living architecture.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Amy Papalexandrou \u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This handsome volume reflects the author’s deep and sustained engagement of more than a decade with the sensory world of Byzantine worshippers as they experienced objects, ritual performance, and Hagia Sophia’s architectural setting.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Nina Macaraig \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this forceful study we come to understand how sound and image come alive in architecture. \u003ci\u003eHagia Sophia \u003c\/i\u003edoes important work in paving the way towards a multisensorial analysis of architecture that does not prioritize or privilege one sense over another nor flatten distinctions between the senses.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Emanuela Vai \u003ci\u003eArt History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This erudite, highly original book explores the ways in which the sixth-century church of Hagia Sophia engaged all the senses in a rich and dynamic exchange of air, sound, fragrance, movement, and light between heaven and earth to create an all-enveloping spiritual experience for the worshipper. Using sources ranging from modern acoustic science to sixth-century poetry, Pentcheva establishes a fluid, multisensory, kinetic interpretive model that will transform our understanding of Byzantine sacred space.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Deborah Howard,coauthor of Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pentcheva’s \u003ci\u003eHagia Sophia\u003c\/i\u003e dares us to think creatively about the materials we study and all those things that we cannot definitively prove or validate within conventional art historical frameworks. It is a book that glimmers and murmurs to us about the past, densely filling in our mental images of these spaces and rituals with smells and sounds.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Roland Betancourt \u003ci\u003eArt Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e is, simply put, an extraordinary achievement, an unprecedented exploration of the liturgical experience afforded by the Great Church of Constantinople in its nine-century career (532-1453 CE) as a Christian holy place.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Brian A. Butcher \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1\t\u003ci\u003eSophia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChoros:\u003c\/i\u003e The Making of Sacred Space in Byzantium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2\tInspiriting in the Byzantine Consecration (\u003ci\u003eKathierōsis\u003c\/i\u003e) Rite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3\tIcons of Breath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4\tAural Architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5\tMaterial Flux: Marble, Water, and Chant\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6\tThe Horizontal Mirror and the Poetics of the Imaginary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7\tEmpathy and the Making of Art in Byzantium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400796545367,"sku":"9780271077260","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271077260.jpg?v=1730471599","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hagia-sophia-9780271077260","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}