mosaics of İstanbul

ISBN 978-975-6445-40-2

Fatih Cimok (author), 72 pp, 22.5 x 23 cm,
40 colour pictures, available in English,
retail price in Turkey € 30.00.

This volume brings together some of the most important surviving mosaic panels in İstanbul from the Great Palace, İstanbul Archaeological Museums, Hagia Sophia, the Virgin Pammakaristos and St Saviour in Chora. Except for the few panels brought from elsewhere and now kept in the İstanbul Archaeological Museums, all of these mosaics were made in İstanbul, known then as Constantinople. Chronologically, the earliest of these mosaics is from the late Roman period and the latest from the early fourteenth century. Even if they are far from giving the development of the art of mosaic in the capital of the Byzantine Empire these pavements reflect the importance that was afforded to this art.