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

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]Description: xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300182767
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.938 W55 2014 23
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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