Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Church and Mosque: Religious Architecture in Venice and Istanbul

Church and Mosque: Religious Architecture in Venice and Istanbul

Enhanced by outstanding location footage, this program thoroughly compares and contrasts Andrea Palladio’s spectacular Redentore Church, in Venice, and Mimar Sinan’s magnificent Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque, in Istanbul. Deborah Howard—author of Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture, 1100-1500—and others discuss the innovations of Palladio and Mimar, who both adapted the established architectural traditions of the day to the specific political and geographical challenges of their monumental projects. Produced by the Open University. (30 minutes)

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Item#: BVL11680
Copyright date: ©1996
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-9941-6


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