Title:
A companion to Greek architecture / edited by Margaret M. Miles.
Author:
Miles, Margaret Melanie, editor.
Publication Information:
Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
Call Number:
NA270 .C64 2016
Abstract:
A Companion to Greek Architecture provides an expansive overview of the topic, including design, engineering, and construction as well as theory, reception, and lasting impact. It brings together original scholarship from an esteemed group of archaeologists and art historians. The essays cover both sacred and secular structures and complexes and pay particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting. They also investigate the influence and impact of Greek architecture on contemporary cultures and subsequent generations, an important aspect often missing from discussions of ancient architecture. The contributors make use of new research from computer-driven technologies, the study of inscriptions and archaeological evidence, and recently excavated buildings. These sources give readers a more complete understanding of the original appearance of many buildings, as well as the social and religious contexts that inspired construction. As the most up-to-date English-language volume on Greek architecture in several decades, this is an essential resource for those studying ancient art and architecture. --Book Jacket.
ISBN:
9781444335996
Series:
Blackwell companions to the ancient world
Blackwell companions to the ancient world.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 583 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Landscape and Setting / Early Greek Temples / Monumentality and Foreign Influence in Early Greek Temples / Origins and Design of Terracotta Roofs in the Seventh Century BCE / The Greek East: Temples and Engineering / The Greek West : Temples and their Decoration / The Use of Geometry by Ancient Greek Architects / How Buildings Were Constructed / Temples and Sanctuaries. "Internationalism" in Architecture : Olympia / Prestige in Greek Sanctuaries : Delphi / The Periclean Acropolis / Color and Carving : Architectural Decoration in Mainland Greece / Attic Sanctuaries / Inscribing Construction : The Financing and Administration of Public Building in Greek Sanctuaries / The Interiors of Greek Temples / Scale, Architects, and Architectural Theory / Civic Space. Urban Planning and Infrastructure / Protection and Trade : Girding the City / The Architecture of Greek Houses / Hellenistic Royal Palaces / The Greek Agora / Athletics : Stadia, Gymnasia, Palaistrai, and Hippodromes / Greek Baths / Bouleuteria and Odeia / The Greek Theater / Commemorating the Dead : Grave Markers, Tombs, and Tomb Paintings, 400-30 BCE / Reception. The Spread of Greek Architecture : Labraunda / Pergamon and Pergamene Influence / New Directions in Hellenistic Sanctuaries / Three Seaside Wonders : Pharos, Mausoleum and Colossus / From Hellenistic to Roman Architecture / Hellenistic Architecture in Italy : Consuetudo Italica / French Architectural Thought and the Idea of Greece / The Reception of Greek Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Britain / Ancient Ruins and Their Preservation : The Case Study of the Parthenon's East Porch
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