Assuming no prior knowledge, this book introduces the reader to a selection of sites and temples, exploring them in detail and explaining all technical terms along the way. Intended for college-level students and the interested general reader, this book aims to equip the student of Greek architecture for further study, and can also serve as a handbook for visitors to the sanctuaries.
The book covers many of the most popular sites, including Delphi, Olympia and the Athenian Acropolis. In this second edition there are new chapters on Western Greece, covering the site of Paestum in Magna Graecia (South Italy), and the unique temple of Olympian Zeus in Acragas, Sicily.
The book also offers a concise account of the evolution of Greek architecture, explores aesthetic ideas underlying Greek architectural design, and gives consideration to specific buildings in their social and religious context. This second edition has expanded the discussion of the most important temples and lays emphasis on architectural sculpture as part of the meaning of the whole building.
Along with an updated bibliography and a glossary, an abundance of plans, photos and drawings helps clarify the text.
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- English
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Greek
Sanctuaries
and
Temple
Architecture
12
of
personnel
to
monitor
the
flow
of
visitors,
and
besides
that,
crowds
were
controlled
by
a
substantial
barrier
surrounding
the
famous
cult
statue.
Other
temples
had
these
barriers,
but
not
all
did
(Mylonopoulos
2011).
ere
was
also
a
halfway
situation
where
the
visitor
could
look
through
grilles
fixed
between
porch
columns
and
get
some
kind
of
impression
of
what
lay
within.
Seeing
the
statue
was
probably
a
significant
experience
in
itself.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Acknowledgements to the First Edition
- List of Illustrations
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: What Was a Sanctuary?
- Chapter 3: From Mud Hut to Marble Temple: Doric and Ionic Orders
- Chapter 4: Architectural Sculpture
- Chapter 5: Delphi
- Chapter 6: Olympia
- Chapter 7: The Athenian Acropolis: Historical Background
- Chapter 8: The Parthenon
- Chapter 9: The Propylaia
- Chapter 10: The Sanctuary of Athene Nike
- Chapter 11: The Erechtheion
- Chapter 12: The Hephaisteion
- Chapter 13: Views and Their Meanings: the Acropolis and its surroundings
- Chapter 14: The Sanctuary of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae
- Chapter 15: The Age of Greek Expansion to the West: Paestum
- Chapter 16: The Temple of Olympian Zeus at Akragas, Sicily
- Chapter 17: Looking at Art in Sanctuaries
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
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