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Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia is a beautiful architectural building. If you see it from the way you want: history, building, museum, church, etc. you can enjoy it.
This building is one of the most important (or the most) monument of Byzantine art expression. And we can discover it looking at the characteristics that it has (of this expression) like domes and mosaics principally.
This time I’m going to mention the mosaics founded in this monument. Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. In this case was the mostly the gold. The interior of the churches in this time were covered with this ones, but almost all of them were destroyed whit the wars.
Also, almost all the mosaics have the same subject characteristic: religion. In almost all the mosaics that have this church relate some divine topic, like saints, another important byzantine characteristic. Also, they put at the royalty in a lower level giving presents to the saints.
I think this glass expression is so beautiful and creative; who did it had so much patience and was very original thinker.

The next mosaic has the characteristics before mentioned, Christ in the middle and a monarch giving him reverence. This mosaic is over the Hagia Sophia’s Imperial Door.


And here are some others mosaics founded on Hagia Sophia:
Again, Christ in the middle and the king Constantine IX and his wife Zoe beside him; made of gold and decorating the interior of the monument.



And here, the virgin whit the kings beside her giving to her another buildings. I think it represented that they were at her disposition. It decorates the inside of the church/museum too.



° Traveling Cam. "Mosaic at the Hagia Siphia". Ulysses Ronquillo. http://travellingcam.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/mosaic-at-the-hagia-sophia/. September 25th 2009.
° Ars Summum. "Mosaico de Cristo y la pareja imperial formada por Constantino IX y Zoé". http://www.arssummum.net/details.php?image_id=2976. September 25th 2009.
° Ars Summum. "Mosaico de Cristo y el basileus León VI (s. IX)". http://www.arssummum.net/details.php?image_id=2975. September 25th 2009.
° Great Buildings. "Hagia Sophia". © 1994-2008 Kevin Matthews and Artifice, Inc. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Hagia_Sophia.html. September 25th 2009.
° Hagia Sophia. "Mosaics". Hagia Sophia © All Rights Reserved. http://www.hagiasophia.com/listingview.php?listingID=2. September 25th 2009.

Mariana Valladares Anguiano A00343775

Hagia Sophie

A little bit of culture:

The hagia Sophie church is considerate the most important fact in the architecture of the byzantine period. I love this church because it shows us a magnificent dome made of bricks; at the same the most impressive part of the church are the four towers a rounded the church.

In the beginning was believed that those were the steeple of the church.
But know we know that after the turkeys arrived Constantinople, the byzantine emperor create in 1453 D.C those tall and straight towers that are called minaret, the minarets were create because they want to all the people hear the five calls of the oration.

The minarets were built in three parts:
Base: “the ground is ground is excavated until a hard foundation is reached. Gravel and other supporting materials may be used as a foundation.” Wikipedia.
Shaft: this are providing the necessary structural support to the highly elongated shaft.
Gallery: It is covered by a roof-like canopy and adorned with ornamentation.

LUIS MARIO DIAZ RINCON-A00343755 GARGOYLES

http://www.vigoenfotos.com/paris/imagenes/paris/notre_gargolas/g_vigoenfotos_3335p.jpg
Notre Dame Cathedral, is the most important of all of france, and one of the most important of the World. It represents the gothic art, th estructure of the church is awesome.
The gothic art is the one i most like, it looks dark, elegante and with a touch of fear that make the church look imponent.
As in all other gothic churches, notre dame has gargoyles on the corners., made of stone. Gargoyles represents protection to the church, gargoyles are made with strange forms representing humans, monsters and even demons.
The special function of gargoyles was scaring the sinners from the church, and protect the temple against other invasors. These sculptures are made with a caracteristical form, very detailed in each part. The ones in the picture above has feathers, which look very realístic.

Andrea!!

Notre-Dame's Cathedral is the church most known of Paris and is the most representative of the Gothic style worldwide.
The Gothic Art is an artistic European style that was applied in the field of the civil and religious architecture, the sculpture, the windows, the wall painting and on table, the manuscripts and the diverse decorative arts
A specific part that I like more of the Notre-Dame’s Cathedral photographies was the portal of the final judgment that is one of three big portals that the front presents.
The Portal of the Final judgment, that is the most important of the center, it shows sculptures representing the resurrection of the dead men, an angel with a scale weighing virtues and sins and demons that take the sinful souls, very important images during the middle ages.
Both lateral portals were dedicated to the Virgin Mary and to Holy Ana, her mother
Above of these front pages they find figures of 28 kings of Judea who preceded Christ's arrival.
I like very much this part of the cathedral because it is one of the most important parts and I am charmed with the details, and the Gothic style that they represent every sculpture formed of the portal of the final judgment, also I am charmed with the representation of 28 kings of Jewish, I think that it is something that marcs the history and does that the cathedral has more artistic style.


Portal of the Final judgment



Notre-Dame de Paris, http://www.visitarparis.com/notredam.htm
Central Notre-Dame de parís http://www.mundocity.com/europa/paris/notredame.html

Melissa Ramìrez Reyna 998701

Notre Dame is a gothic cathedral on the eastern half of Paris, France.
The gothic art is based on the pointed arc. The pointed arc forms part of the gothic art and it was born in the Borgoña romantic. It practices less resistance than the one of the middle point that supports, and its stylist figure allows an esthetic that will be fully exploited by the gothic.
The pointed arch offers to the buildings slenderness and uprightness. In the 13th century they were very opened, which is the pointed classic arch. In the 14th century they become more pointed and high, and in the 15th century they used and specific arches.
In Gothic buildings, the weight of the roof was supported by the arches rather than the walls. This meant that walls could be thinner.
At conclusion, I think that the Notre Dame Cathedral is an amazing representation of the gothic art, and that’s why this building is the most significant construction of this current.

Arteguias. Arquitectura gòtica. Disponible en: http://www.arteguias.com/arquitecturagotica.htm
Arte gòtico: Arquitectura, la catedral. Disponible en: http://www.pastranec.net/arte/gotico/arquitectura.htm
Gothic arquitecture. Disponible en: http://architecture.about.com/od/earlychristianmedieval/ss/gothic_3.htm

César Alberto Luna Sandoval A00343746

Santa Sofia

The church that I chose was the Constantinople church, it´s name is Santa Sofia.
The church it has 4 poles around it, the thing that seemed estrange to me was that one of the poles is orange and the other ones are white, also it has a big blue dome on the top.
The sculpture rests in 4 big arches that at the same time are sustained by four pillars.



Inside it was beautiful made so the light would come so majesty and beautiful, it has a mosaic so they actualize realize the beauty that is inside.
It was a church until it was conquest by the Turkish people; it also was use as a shelter to may families during that event.
For me, this church is pretty spectacular, it so enormous it immediately captures your sight and your feelings, it doesn’t seem a big deal on the outside but when you look inside is very spectacular.

Frontage

The construction of the mosque began in August, 1609.
The front of the entry was constructed in the same way as that of Süleymaniye's Mosque, with the exception of the torrecillas of the domes of the corners. The court is almost so big as the ownproper mosque and is surrounded by a constant gallery .It possesses relies on space for the ablution in both sides. The hexagonal source fountain that one finds in the center is relatively small compared with the dimensions of the court. The monumental door of access to the court rises from the gallery. His semidome possesses a delicate structure in the shape of stalactites, crowned by a small dome nervada on a drum of great height.
Has several such as material elements brick and stone for exterior and interior coatings of mosaic, series of arches of half a point, classic column as support. The churche is very beautiful and interesting.

http://www.estambul-online.com/mezquita_azul.htm

Azul S G.
date:25/sep/09