This survey takes the reader through the history of Greek architecture from Minoan Crete to the Hellenic era, and its expansion in the Mediterranean world during the 5th century BC. The book begins with a detailed analysis of Minoan Crete, the birthplace of Western architecture in the second millennium BC, describing the palaces at Mallia, Knossos, and Zakro. Straightforward, readable text placed side-by-side with large photographs and drawings covers the functional and organic composition of the palaces; columns, pilasters, and porticoes; the organization of volumes and interior spaces; decorative aspects, polychrome, and murals. The book continues through Mycenae (the famous Lion's Gate, Palace of Nestor, the "Treasury of Atreus") to the birth and evolution of the doric and ionic orders, religious architecture (with emphasis on the temples of Paestum, Corinth, Delphi, and the Acropolis), to the temples and structures of Classical Greece. The book dedicates a section to civic architecture, which in its massiveness reflected the creation and evolution of the political community, the most original aspect of ancient Greece. The author discusses the spatial composition of the major urban complexes, the relationships between buildings (stadiums, theatres, agoras) and between the complexes and their urban surroundings, and the birth of urbanism. Important centres outside Greece are discussed, including Agrigento and Segesta in Sicily. The final section documents the Hellenic phase, with its unparalleled innovations and its influence on the greater Mediterranean.

Greek Architecture (History of World Architecture)

Arts & Photography

Roland, Martin

History & Criticism

Faber and Faber

Describes in detail the evolution of classical Greek art from 480 to 330 B.C. with 436 illustrations including 63 color plates 27 plans and 4 maps. Printed in France.

Classical Greek Art (480-330 B.C.) (The Arts of mankind)

Jean Charbonneaux

François Villard

George Braziller

Examines the origins, development, and distinctive styles and achievements of the architectures of the four ancient civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean

Ancient Architecture: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, Greece

History

Seton Lloyd

Hans Wolfgang Müller

Ancient Civilizations

Harry N. Abrams

This survey takes the reader through the history of Greek architecture from Minoan Crete to the Hellenic era, and its expansion in the Mediterranean world during the 5th century BC. The book begins with a detailed analysis of Minoan Crete, the birthplace of Western architecture in the second millennium BC, describing the palaces at Mallia, Knossos, and Zakro. Straightforward, readable text placed side-by-side with large photographs and drawings covers the functional and organic composition of the palaces; columns, pilasters, and porticoes; the organization of volumes and interior spaces; decorative aspects, polychrome, and murals. The book continues through Mycenae (the famous Lion's Gate, Palace of Nestor, the "Treasury of Atreus") to the birth and evolution of the doric and ionic orders, religious architecture (with emphasis on the temples of Paestum, Corinth, Delphi, and the Acropolis), to the temples and structures of Classical Greece. The book dedicates a section to civic architecture, which in its massiveness reflected the creation and evolution of the political community, the most original aspect of ancient Greece. The author discusses the spatial composition of the major urban complexes, the relationships between buildings (stadiums, theatres, agoras) and between the complexes and their urban surroundings, and the birth of urbanism. Important centres outside Greece are discussed, including Agrigento and Segesta in Sicily. The final section documents the Hellenic phase, with its unparalleled innovations and its influence on the greater Mediterranean.

Greek Architecture: Architecture of Crete, Greece, and the Greek World (History of World Architecture)

Architecture

Electa/Rizzoli

Roland Martin's One Hundred and One Bass-Catching Secrets

New Win Publishing

Grèce classique 480-330 av. J. C.: 480-330 AVANT J.-C.) (L'UNIVERS DES FORMES (1))

Gallimard]

Greece (Architecture of the World 6)

Benedikt Taschen Verlag

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