Summary
Vojislav Korać, Marica Šuput: Architecture of the Byzantine World
Monograph of academician Vojislav Đurić and prof. Dr. Marice Šuput on the architecture of the Byzantine world and its influence on Serbian medieval architecture, is one of those publications that best illustrate the development of culture and science of a nation and the power of its largest and most important publishing house. And this book is on the well-known trail of constant curiosity of the educated European world about Byzantium and its destiny. Back in the 19th century, with the development of historical science, the interest in political history was transferred to the interest in its cultural history and art, which are still perceived as a "Byzantine miracle". It was based, as the greatest Byzantologist among the Serbs, Georgije Ostrogorski, said, on "the Roman state system, Greek culture and the Christian faith. Architecture in Byzantium, which best illustrated the splendor and greatness of the Byzantine Empire, is considered in this book through various historical periods through 10 chapters The abundance of illustrations, photographs and drawings of this text, not only of the marvelous Hagia Sophia, reveal all the stages of the development of Byzantine architecture and its undoubted influence on European, especially Serbian medieval architecture. All this, together with fine and graphic equipment, in a suitable format, make this book a real capital edition.
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