The Thousand and One Churches: A study of the Kara Dagh basilica and its hybrid architectural traditions - Softcover

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Explore the art and architecture of early Christian churches in the Kara Dagh, from basilicas to domed forms. This volume surveys church plans, decorative programs, and the ways builders adapted borrowed ideas to local needs. It places a special emphasis on how monastic groups shaped space, worship, and the visible face of faith in a dynamic frontier of the Byzantine world. - Learn how basilicas, barn churches, and monastic complexes differed in form and function on the plateau. - See how architects blended Greek, Syrian, and local traditions to create new building types. - Understand the role of galleries, narthexes, and chapels in shaping liturgical space. - Compare Kara Dagh examples with other noted domed basilicas and centralised churches from the region. Ideal for readers of architectural history, late antiquity, and the exchange of ideas across the ancient world.

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