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Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture : An Introduction

by: Emerson, M.

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Category: Architecture Greek / Architecture Greco-Roman
Code: 23409
ISBN-13: 9781472575289 / 978-1-4725-7528-9
ISBN-10: 1472575288 / 1-4725-7528-8
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication Date: 2018
Publication Place: London
Binding: Paper
Pages: 270
Book Condition: New

Greek sanctuaries and temple architecture : an introduction
Author:Mary Emerson

An introduction to ancient Greek sanctuary sites and temple architecture, explaining technical terms and aesthetic concepts behind Greek architectural design

Contents:
Introduction
What was a sanctuary?
From mud hut to marble temple: Doric and Ionic orders
Architectural sculpture
Delphi
Olympia
The Athenian Acropolis: historical background
The Parthenon
The Propylaia
The sanctuary of Athene Nike
The Erechtheion
The Hephaisteion
Views and their meanings: the Acropolis and its surroundings
The Sanctuary of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae
The age of Greek expansion to the West: Paestum
The Temple of Olympian Zeus at Acragas, Sicily
Looking at art in sanctuaries

First edition published by Gerald Duckworth & Co in 1997

Subjects:
Architecture antique Grèce
Architecture grecque
Architecture, Ancient
Architecture, Ancient Greece
Architecture, Greek
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Greece
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Grèce
Greece
Greece Religious life and customs
Grekisk arkitektur
Sculpture antique Grèce
Sculpture grecque
Sculpture, Ancient
Sculpture, Ancient Greece
Sculpture, Greek
Tempel
Temples
Temples Greece

 

 
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Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture : An Introduction

by: Emerson, M.

  • ISBN-13: 9781472575289 / 978-1-4725-7528-9
  • ISBN-03: 1472575288 / 1-4725-7528-8
  • Bloomsbury, London, 2018

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