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Greek sanctuaries : an introduction /

Main Author: Emerson, Mary.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Bristol Classical Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Temples > Greece.
Architecture, Ancient > Greece.
Architecture, Greek.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural > Greece.
Sculpture, Greek.
Sculpture, Ancient > Greece.
Ελλάδα > Θρησκευτική ζωή και έθιμα
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Table of Contents:
  • What was a sanctuary?
  • From mud hut to marble temple : Doric and Ionic orders
  • Architectural sculpture
  • Delphi
  • Olympia
  • The Athenian Acropolis : historical background
  • The Parthenon
  • The Propylaia
  • The sanctuary of Athene Nike
  • The Erechtheion
  • The Hephaisteion
  • Views and their meanings : the Acropolis and its surroundings
  • The sanctuary of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae
  • Looking at art in sanctuaries.

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