Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia

Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia
Author: Elif Keser Kayaalp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-10-21
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0192634097

Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia examines the church architecture of Northern Mesopotamia between the fourth and eighth centuries. Keser Kayaalp focuses on settlements, plan types, artistic encounters, the remarkable continuity of the classical tradition in the architectural decoration, the heterogeneity of the building techniques, patrons, imperial motivations, dedications of churches, and stories that claim and make spaces. Employing archaeological and epigraphical material and hagiographical and historical sources, she presents a holistic picture of the church architecture of this frontier region, encompassing the cities of Nisibis (Nusaybin), Edessa (,Sanliurfa), Amida (Diyarbakir), Anastasiopolis (Dara/Oğuz), Martyropolis (Silvan), Constantia (Viranşehir), and their surroundings, and the rural Tur Abdin region. The period covered spans the last centuries of Byzantine and the first century and a half of Arab rule, when the region was, on the one hand, a stage of war and riven by religious controversies, and a cultural interspace on the other. Keser Kayaalp discusses the different dynamics in this frontier region and the resulting built environment and church architecture in pursuit of providing a regional contribution to the study of the transformation that the Byzantine civilization underwent in the late antique period and understanding the continuities and changes after the Arab conquest.

In Search of Kings and Conquerors

In Search of Kings and Conquerors
Author: Lisa Cooper
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-01-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0857728059

At the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East retracing the steps of the ancient rulers who left tangible markers of their presence in the form of castles, palaces, mosques, tombs and temples. Among the many sites she visited were Ephesus, Binbirkilise and Carchemish in modern-day Turkey as well as Ukhaidir, Babylon and Najaf within the borders of modern Iraq. Lisa Cooper here explores Bell's achievements, emphasizing the tenacious, inquisitive side of her extraordinary personality, the breadth of her knowledge and her overall contribution to the archaeology of the Middle East. Featuring many of Bell's own photographs, this is a unique portrait of a remarkable life.

Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia

Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia
Author: Lyn Rodley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2010-08-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780521154772

This is a fully illustrated account of the rock-cut monasteries, hermitages and other complexes in Cappadocia, Turkey.

The Making of Modern Turkey

The Making of Modern Turkey
Author: Ugur Ümit Üngör
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2012-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199655227

Offers a novel perspective on the establishment of the Turkish nation state and highlights how the Young Turk regime, from 1913 to 1950, subjected Eastern Turkey to various forms of nationalist population policies aimed at ethnically homogenizing the region and including it in the Turkish nation state.

Eastern Turkey

Eastern Turkey
Author: T.A. Sinclair
Publisher: Pindar Press
Total Pages: 542
Release: 1990-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0907132529

The initial section here covers the monuments of the important Hellenistic kingdom of Commagene, and includes Edessa (Urfa), the capital of a Crusader state, where there are also significant Islamic buildings. The final section, on the Hatay, focuses on the city of Antioch, with Seleucid, Roman and Byzantine remains, and the castles of the Crusader period in its vicinity. The neo-Hittite site of Karatepe and the Georgian and Syrian monasteries in the Hatay region are also dealt with. A comprehensive bibliography and index to all four volumes comes at the end.

History of Art

History of Art
Author: José Pijoan Y Soteras
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1927
Genre: Art
ISBN: