Origins of the Greek Architectural Orders

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Barletta is professor of art history at the University of Florida. She is a recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. She was recognized as a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor in 2002. Klappentext Barletta's study examines the writings of ancient authors and those of modern interpreters in an effort to reconcile the two sources. Zusammenfassung Barletta's study reconstructs the origins and early development of the Greek architectural orders. Beginning with the pre-canonical material! she demonstrates that the relatively late emergence of the Doric and Ionic orders arose from contributions of separate regions of the Greek world! rather than a single center. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The literary evidence; 2. The archaeological evidence: proto-geometric through the seventh century BC; 3. The emergence of the Doric 'Order'; 4. The emergence of the Ionic 'Order'; 5. The origins of the orders: reality and theory; Conclusions: interpretation and implications.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara A. Barletta, Barbara A. (University of Florida) Barletta, Barletta Barbara A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521124225
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12422-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Architecture, Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ARCHITECTURE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Art, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Ancient Greek style