Work
Hagia Sophia
Explore in the Atlas →Built under Justinian I by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, its vast pendentive dome over an open interior redefined what monumental space could be and shaped sacred architecture across Christendom and Islam.
Ritual Power Memory
Details
- Type
- Building
- Location
- Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Revelation cosmologyReason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Cosmological orientation
- Axis mundi
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Cross cultural cosmologicalWestern philosophical
Connections
- exemplifies Byzantine Architecture
Sources
- Rowland J. Mainstone. Hagia Sophia: Architecture, Structure and Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church. Thames & Hudson, 1988.
- Robert Ousterhout. Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands. Oxford University Press, 2019.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Hagia Sophia." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/hagia-sophia/. Accessed July 17, 2026.