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FormForm - Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic relief, Longitudinally and centrally planned, has two floors centered with a nave with a large domed ceiling with smaller domes.
Function - Was a cathedral, then a mosque, and is now a museum.
Content - Minarets, The Sultan's lodge, Mihrab, Arabic Calligraphy, radial axis, has a narthex - an antechamber or large porch in a modern church, Used a lot of gold coloring, had mosaics depicting Christ and biblical texts but they are covered by Muslim artworks.
Context - 532 - 537 C.E., After the original dome collapsed they rebuilt it bigger and added buttresses, Was built to link Emperor Justinian’s authority with the Orthodox Church, Commissioned by Emperor Constantine, Is the third versiversionon because the other two were burned down during riots, There are no images of bible scenes because of the iconoclasm, Became a mosque in 1453, Became a museum in 1934, Hagia Sophia means holy wisdom in Latin, located in Istanbul, Turkey.
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