Origins of classical architecture : temples, orders and gifts to the gods in ancient Greece /
Mark Wilson Jones.
- xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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.
9780300182767 (cl : alk. paper)
2013017319
Temples--Greece. Architecture--Orders. Symbolism in architecture--Greece. Architecture and religion.