Excerpt from The Aesthetic Purpose of Byzantine Architecture: And Other Essays<br><br>The Opening essay on Byzantine Architecture breathes that generous appreciation Of the value Of the Eastern Empire to civilization and Christen dom which the world is at last learning to recog nize. The incomparable majesty Of Santa Sophia, again, has never inspired a more full-throated paean. Byzantine art was the mingling Of East and West, the marriage of colour and form, and its glowing rays are traced Westwards to the shrines Of Venice and Monreale.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.