The origins of classical architecture : temples, orders and gifts to the gods in ancient Greece /

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Author / Creator:Wilson Jones, Mark, 1956-
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Description:xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10077649
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ISBN:9780300182767
0300182767 (cl : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-293) and index.
Table of 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.