Karydis, Nikolaos (2010) Building with the Relics of Antiquity – the Early Byzantine Use of Spolia in the Vaulted Churches of West Asia Minor. In: 15th Annual Medieval Postgraduate Student Colloquium: Past Histories & Afterlives of Medieval Art and Architecture, 6 February 2010, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, UK. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:59653)
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Abstract
The remains of the early Byzantine churches of west Asia Minor are real repositories
delicate sculptural ornamentation. Omnipresent in the vaulted basilicas of Ephesus, Sardis,
construction technology and attitudes towards architectural heritage.
The realisation of this potential has led to attempts to interpret the use of spolia on
study of the structural role of reused elements and the constructional reasons for their
My documentation of the use of spolia in St. John and St. Mary at Ephesus, Building
investigation of the origins of spolia, as well as the study of the way in which antique
aspect of church construction in some of the most creative centres of the early Byzantine
of architectural elements. The first championed the skilful integration of spolia into the new
architectural statements that emphasized historical continuity. However, such uses of spolia
value and form of antique elements, attributing to them no greater attention than the one
given to any stone block, old or new.
Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | Spolia, Reuse, Early Byzantine Architecture, Asia Minor |
Subjects: | N Visual Arts > NA Architecture |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Kent School of Architecture and Planning |
Depositing User: | Nikolaos Karydis |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2016 20:34 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 13:40 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/59653 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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