Origins of Classical Architecture: Temples, Orders and Gifts to the Gods in Ancient Greece

Origins of Classical Architecture: Temples, Orders and Gifts to the Gods in Ancient Greece
ISBN-10
0300182767
ISBN-13
9780300182767
Category
Architecture
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2014
Author
Mark Wilson Jones

Description

Purpose and setting of the Greek temple -- Formative developments -- Questions of construction and the Doric genus -- Questions of influence and the Aeolic capital -- Questions of appearance and the Ionic genus -- Questions of meaning and the Corinthian capital -- Gifts to the gods -- Triglyphs and tripods -- Crucible -- Questions answered and unanswered.

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