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The author argues that the mosaic of Justinian and Constantine offering gifts to the enthroned Virgin and Child in the southwest vestibule of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, presents the viewer with an image of salvation. Previous interpretations of the mosaic focused on the offerings o…

During the winter of 1972, I was particularly impressed by a performance of Zourkhaneh which was presented in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. For many years I had been strongly attracted to Persian classical music, so with this added impetus, I decided to do field wor…

Bu çalışmada, Kazakistan tarihi ve Kostüm tarihinin ana hatlarıyla Kazakistan bölgesinde yaşamış olan toplulukların ve devletlerin günümüze kadar gelmiş olan giysi buluntuları ve verileri kısaca elealınmıştır. Kazakların kültürü, yaşamı, inançları ve kutladıkları bayramları anla…

This dissertation examines the portraits of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839) as part of a campaign launched by the ruler and his propagandists to support sweeping reform efforts in military and civil spheres. The paintings and prints at the center of this study—to whi…

This dissertation discusses the Sudanese Mahdiyya, focusing on how symbols, ceremony and ritual of the nascent Islamic state in the first Islamic century, as well as symbols of Islamic mysticism, were employed by the Mahdist elites to enunciate power, authority and legitimacy in…