Preface vii INTRODUCTION The Problem of Byzantine Architecture 3 CHAPTER ONE Defining the Byzantine Church 7 CHAPTER TWO The Mysterious Disappearing Architect and His Patron 39 CHAPTER THREE Drawing the Line and Knowing the Ropes 58 CHAPTER FOUR Buildings That Change 86 CHAPTER FIVE Building Materials 128 CHAPTER SIX The Construction of Foundations and Walls 157 CHAPTER SEVEN Structural Design, Structural Expression, and the Construction of Arches and Vaults 201 CHAPTER EIGHT Builders and Artists: Creating the Decorated Interior 234 Afterword 255 AbbreviationS 261 NoteS 263 Selected Bibliography 296 Index 310

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Robert Ousterhout is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The author of The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul, he edited The Blessings of Pilgrimage and The Sacred Image East and West.

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