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Although a splendid artist, Anthemios
gained most recognition for his design of the Hagia Sophia on
which he worked with Isidoros. An architect, engineer, and scholar, Isidoros
was born in Miletus (in the area encompassed by modern Turkey)
and presumably received his education in Constantinople.
Although historians often consider him Anthemios's engineer, he
probably worked as an architect-engineer with Anthemios assuming
the role of senior partner. Although the two probably worked on
several projects together, their only certain conglomeration
occurred with the Hagia Sophia.
Some authorities avoid calling Anthemios and Isidoros architects
in the traditional sense of the word, but their innovative work
on the Hagia Sophia marks them as more than engineers. Borrowing
from Roman Imperial, late antique, and early Christian concepts,
they designed and built the major monument of Byzantine
architecture. All the traditional churches of the Byzantine,
Slavic, Orthodox worlds, built over the past 1400 years descend
in some form or other from their original design.
References:
Adolf K Placzek. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects.
Vol. 1. London: The Free Press, 1982. ISBN 0-02-925000-5.
NA40.M25. p84-87. Adolf K Placzek. Macmillan Encyclopedia
of Architects. Vol. 2. London: The Free Press, 1982. ISBN
0-02-925000-5. NA40.M25. p467-468. |
