Greek ArchitectureThe development of Greek Architecture in the Aegean and other Greek lands from its earliest beginnings around 3000 until the first century BC is the subject of this splendid volume. |
Contents
Foreword to the First Edition | 7 |
The ProtoPalatial Period Middle Minoan III | 35 |
Cycladic and Mainland Settlements Contemporary with Cretan Palaces Middle and Late | 71 |
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30 FEET abacus Acropolis agora antae architect architecture architrave Asia Minor Athens base blocks Bronze Age building built capitals carved ceiling cella central centre Cnossus colonnade columns in antis Corinthian corner cornice court Crete Cycladic decoration Delos Delphi Dinsmoor door doorway Doric Doric Order early east echinus entablature entrance excavated façade fifth figure floor flutes fortifications fourth century frieze front Greece Greek ground half-columns hall height Hellenistic Heraeum houses inner intercolumniation Ionic columns Late Helladic Late Minoan later lower diameter marble masonry megaron metopes METRES Middle Minoan Middle Minoan III mouldings Mycenae Mycenean opisthodomus palace Parthenon pediment Phaestus pillars placed plate porch Priene probably Propylaea propylon prostyle pteron rectangular roof rooms sanctuary sculpture second century shaft side sixth century slabs space square stoa stone stood sun-dried brick temple of Apollo terracotta theatre tion Tiryns triglyphs upper wall width wooden