Origins of classical architecture
Subtitle: temples, orders and gifts to the gods in ancient Greece
By: Mark Wilson Jones
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300182767
Subjects: Temples; Architecture and religion; Symbolism in architecture; Architecture; Orders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-293) and index.
Table of contents: title: Purpose and setting of the Greek temple; title: Formative developments; title: Questions of construction and the Doric genus; title: Questions of influence and the Aeolic capital; title: Questions of appearance and the Ionic genus; title: Questions of meaning and the Corinthian capital; title: Gifts to the gods; title: Triglyphs and tripods; title: Crucible; title: Questions answered and unanswered.