Origins of classical architecture : temples, orders and gifts to the gods in ancient Greece / Mark Wilson Jones.

By: Wilson Jones, Mark, 1956-
Material type: TextTextDescription: xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN: 9780300182767 (cl : alk. paper)Subject(s): Temples -- Greece | Architecture -- Orders | Symbolism in architecture -- Greece | Architecture and religionDDC classification: 720.938 LOC classification: NA275 | .W55 2014
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-293) and index.

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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