Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.
Louis Kahan
Louis Kahan
Conservation of Hagia Sophia mosaics, Istanbul, 1931-1964. Study of Light.
The Byzantine Institute of America (BIA) worked in Hagia Sophia from 1931 to 1964. The dates associated with the photographs in the BIA’s Conservation of Hagia Sophia mosaics collection range from 1932 to 1964. It is unknown whether these dates refer to when the photograph was taken or when it was printed. / / After 1962, the BIA’s work was taken over by Dumbarton Oaks.
Byzantine Institute of America (Founded by Thomas Whittemore), Washington, District of Columbia, funder
Dumbarton Oaks (1940 -), Washington, D.C., United States, funder
Whittemore, Thomas (1871-1950), project director
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