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Author:

Wilson Jones, Mark, 1956-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

Temples--Greece.
Architecture--Orders.
Symbolism in architecture--Greece.
Architecture and religion.
Architecture and religion.
Architecture--Orders.
Symbolism in architecture.
Temples.
Greece.
Architektur.
Tempel.
Griechenland (Altertum)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-293) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0300182767 (cl : alk. paper)
9780300182767 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)843955773

LCCN:

2013017319

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)