Tokalı Kilise: Tenth-century Metropolitan Art in Byzantine Cappadocia

Tokalı Kilise: Tenth-century Metropolitan Art in Byzantine Cappadocia
ISBN-10
0884021459
ISBN-13
9780884021452
Category
Art
Pages
123
Language
English
Published
1986
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks
Authors
Ann Wharton Epstein, Annabel Jane Wharton, Paul M. Schwartzbaum

Description

Tokali Kilise (Buckle Church) was the principal sanctuary of a large monastic center in Byzantine Cappadocia, now central Turkey. This cave church was carved into the soft volcanic stone of the region and decorated with frescoes in several stages between the mid-ninth and mid-tenth centuries, and is one of the richest ensembles of painting to survive from the early Middle Ages.

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