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Anthemius of Tralles

Architects and Designers

Anthemius of Tralles was a Byzantine Greek mathematician and architect from Tralles who, with Isidore of Miletus, designed the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople for the Emperor Justinian I, built between 532 and 537 CE and recognized even at the time as a major work of architecture.

Facts
Birth Year
474 2
The source gives only an approximate birth year, circa 474, and a wide death range (between 533 and 558); death-year is left unwritten as too imprecise for a single-year fact.
Nationality
Byzantine Greek, from Tralles 2
Birthplace
Tralles 2
Active From Year
532 2
The construction years of the Hagia Sophia, his best-attested work, per this entity's own existing description.
Active To Year
537 2
The construction years of the Hagia Sophia, his best-attested work, per this entity's own existing description.
Disputed
Death Year
534 2
Sources bound his death only between 533 and 558 CE; conventionally cited as circa 534.
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

In Movement

Byzantine Art, Movements

Co-designed, with Isidore of Miletus (not separately minted, out of this wave's scope), the Hagia Sophia, a defining monument of Byzantine architecture.

Source Wikipedia
Additional Source Wikipedia: Anthemius of TrallesAnthemius of Tralles, Architecture section

Practices

Architecture, Art Forms
Source Wikipedia: Anthemius of Tralles

Works Created

Hagia Sophia, Works
Source Wikipedia
Additional Source Wikipedia: Anthemius of TrallesAnthemius of Tralles, Architecture section
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Byzantine Empire

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Originated In

Aydın

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Anthemios of Tralles (Byzantine architect and mathematician in Asia Minor, ca. 474-ca. 534)Birth and Death Places
Quote, Birth and Death Places
Born: Aydin (Aydın, Turkey) (inhabited place)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Anthemius of Tralles
  • Gender reference
    With Isidore of Miletus, he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I.
  • Anthemius of Tralles, Architecture section
    With Isidore of Miletus, he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I.
  • Anthemius of Tralles, lead section
    Anthemius of Tralles ... was a Byzantine Greek from Tralles who worked as a geometer and architect in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. With Isidore of Miletus, he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I.
  • Anthemius of Tralles article, lead section
    he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I
  • Practices: Architecture, Lead sentence
    Anthemius of Tralles (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθέμιος ὁ Τραλλιανός, Medieval Greek: [anˈθemios o traliaˈnos], Anthémios o Trallianós; c. 474-533 x 558) was a Byzantine Greek from Tralles who worked as a geometer and architect in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
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Wikidata: Anthemius of Tralles
Wikidata Q298226, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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