Download or read book The Art of the Kariye Camii written by Robert G. Ousterhout and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touchstone of Byzantine artistic achievement, the church now known as the Kariye Camii in Istanbul preserves impressive cycles of mosaic fresco, for which it is justifiably famous. Once the heart of the Chora monastery, the building was reconstructed a