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. _ Covers both sacred and secular structures and complexes, with particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting _ Makes use of new research from computer-driven technologies, the study of inscriptions and archaeological evidence, and recently excavated buildings _ Brings together original scholarship from an esteemed group of archaeologists and art…mehr
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. _ Covers both sacred and secular structures and complexes, with particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting _ Makes use of new research from computer-driven technologies, the study of inscriptions and archaeological evidence, and recently excavated buildings _ Brings together original scholarship from an esteemed group of archaeologists and art historians _ Presents the most up-to-date English language coverage of Greek architecture in several decades while also sketching out important areas and structures in need of further researchHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Margaret M. Miles is Professor of Art History and Classics at the University of California?Irvine, USA. She was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2008?2014. She is the author of a block-by-block study of the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous (Hesperia 1989); a volume in the Agora excavation series, Agora XXXI: The City Eleusinion (1998); Art as Plunder: The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural Property (2008); and Editor of Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited (2011) and Autopsy in Athens ? Recent Archaeological Research in Athens and Attica (2015). She is currently writing a book on fifth-century Greek religious architecture.
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Preface viii
List of Illustrations ix
List of Maps xix
Notes on Contributors xx
Introduction xxiv
Part I Invention, Design, and Construction 1
1 Landscape and Setting 3 Betsey A. Robinson
2 Early Greek Temples 15 Alexander Mazarakis Ainian
3 Monumentality and Foreign Influence in Early Greek Temples 31 Barbara A. Barletta
4 Origins and Design of Terracotta Roofs in the Seventh Century bce 46 Philip Sapirstein
5 The Greek East: Temples and Engineering 60 John R. Senseney
6 The Greek West: Temples and their Decoration 75 Clemente Marconi
7 The Use of Geometry by Ancient Greek Architects 92 Rocco Leonardis
8 How Buildings Were Constructed 105 Nancy L. Klein
Part II Temples and Sanctuaries 119
9 "Internationalism" in Architecture: Olympia 121 Nancy L. Klein
10 Prestige in Greek Sanctuaries: Delphi 135 Michael Scott
11 The Periclean Acropolis 147 Robin F. Rhodes
12 Color and Carving: Architectural Decoration in Mainland Greece 164 Jenifer Neils
13 Attic Sanctuaries 178 Jessica Paga
14 Inscribing Construction: The Financing and Administration of Public Building in Greek Sanctuaries 194 Robert K. Pitt
15 The Interiors of Greek Temples 206 Margaret M. Miles
16 Scale, Architects, and Architectural Theory 223 John R. Senseney
Part III Civic Space 239
17 Urban Planning and Infrastructure 241 Betsey A. Robinson
18 Protection and Trade: Girding the City 254 Spencer Pope
19 The Architecture of Greek Houses 273 Barbara Tsakirgis
20 Hellenistic Royal Palaces 288 Stella G. Miller
21 The Greek Agora 300 John McK. Camp II
22 Athletics: Stadia, Gymnasia, Palaistrai, and Hippodromes 314 David Gilman Romano
23 Greek Baths 328 Sandra K. Lucore
24 Bouleuteria and Odeia 342 John McK. Camp II
25 The Greek Theater 360 Jessica Paga
26 Commemorating the Dead: Grave Markers, Tombs, and Tomb Paintings, 400-30 bce 374 Olga Palagia
Part IV Reception 391
27 The Spread of Greek Architecture: Labraunda 393 Gretchen Umholtz
28 Pergamon and Pergamene Influence 406 Kristen Seaman
29 New Directions in Hellenistic Sanctuaries 424 Bonna D. Wescoat
30 Three Seaside Wonders: Pharos, Mausoleum and Colossus 440 Ingrid D. Rowland
31 From Hellenistic to Roman Architecture 454 Rhys F. Townsend
32 Hellenistic Architecture in Italy: Consuetudo Italica 470 Thomas Noble Howe
33 French Architectural Thought and the Idea of Greece 487 Christopher Drew Armstrong
34 The Reception of Greek Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Britain 509 Jason M. Kelly
35 Ancient Ruins and Their Preservation: The Case Study of the Parthenon's East Porch 526 Lena Lambrinou
