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Pablo Picasso‚ a Spanish painter from the 19th century once said “Good artists copy‚ great artists steal.” Some of the paintings produced by him are considered as the magnum opus in the art world. The quote itself has already mentioned he would not attain success without the work done left by the ancients. It is an incontrovertible fact that we cannot achieve triumph without relying on the past contributors. However‚ that does not make the masterpieces in this generation more or less worse than the
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Because there are more place to visit than Asian Side. Istanbul also has 2 part. These parts are placed on European Sides. These are Old City and New City. Old City has lots of historical places where are generally interested by tourists . There are Hagia-Sophia ‚ Topkapı Palace ‚ Golden Horn ‚ etc in Old City Part. If you stay there you can visit these places by walking . Also in Old City Part ‚ there are lots of different types of the hotels . Some hotels have designed for based Ottoman Empire concept
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Travel Journal 1. What was Justinian I’s role in the decline of the Byzantine Empire? First‚ his constant wars and the rebuilding of Constantinople after the Nika Riot caused serious financial problems for the empire. The reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia alone cost about 320‚000 pounds of gold. Second‚ Justinian left the Byzantine army scattered across the empire. Many units were occupied fighting fierce nomads. One of these groups‚ a Germanic barbarian tribe called the Lombards‚ had managed to
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Byzantines/Islam Study Guide Codex Justinianus: Return of Fugitive Slaves & Coloni‚ c. 530 To strengthen the laws binding slaves and coloni to the soil precautions were taken to prevent landlords employing fugitives and to ensure their return. Xl.48.xii. We ordain that slaves‚ or tributaries‚ or inquilini shall remain with their lords. For‚ when‚ dismayed by a fear of Ioss‚ each landowner begins to drive away those who are unknown to him‚ the will to flight will not be with the slaves; for
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Pendentive Minaret Lunettes Images: 10.3‚ 10.4 Plan and cross section of Old St. Peter’s Basilica‚ Early Christian‚ Roman 10.6 San Vitale‚ Byzantine‚ Roman 10.10-10.11 Courts of Justinian‚ & Theodora‚ Byzantine‚ Roman 10.15 Interior of Hagia Sophia‚ Byzantine‚ Roman • Chapter 11 The Early Middle Ages (174-176 to Carolingian Period; 180-181) Concepts: Understand the origin and conditions for the time period known as the Middle Ages Vocabulary: Cloisonne enamel Illuminated manuscripts
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architecture of Constantinople before Constantine renamed the city after himself was Byzantium . 2. Who was Justinian ‚ Theodora ? Justinian was the emperor in the early byzantine period who ruled from 527 to 565 and Theodora was the wife to him 3. Hagia Sophia built for Justinian . Innovations 4. What are penditives and sqinches ? Penditives are spherical triangle surrounded by arches . squinches are diagonal lintels placed across the upper corner of the wall and supported by an arch 5. How
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countless cities which did not exist before with marvelous ability to conceal his real opinion… lying all the time…”(Documents 1&2). Justinian was an emperor with flaws like Nero he was a selfish liar who spent countless amounts of money building the Hagia Sophia without considering the consequences‚ but at the same time like Trajan he was clever‚ crafty and was able to build multiple new cities that benefited the
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admirer of Greece‚ he sought to make Athens the cultural capital of the Empire and ordered the construction of many buildings in the city. His building programs were relentless. “He has been likened to Louis XIV and Versailles or Justinian and the Hagia Sophia.” (H-ARCHIVE) Most of Hadrian’s architectural
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Both the Muslims and Christians created several architectures. One architecture Muslims created was the Dom of Rock‚ it was a mosque and it was built over where Abraham was supposed to kill his son. One architecture Christians created was the Hagia Sophia meaning the church of wisdom‚ it was the largest Christian enclosed church. When the Christians took it over they turned it into a mosque. There were
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