Temple of Artemis At Sardis - The Hellenistic Temple Tradition in Asia Minor

Offering a close archaeological analysis of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis, this book provides new insights into its unique design; the changing nature of religious and cult practices at the temple; the relationship to its setting and benefactors. It places this extraordinary temple in the larger context of Greek and Roman religious architecture.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Description and depiction of the temple by early travelers; 3. Description of the building and archaeology; 4. Building history; 5. Religion and cult in the sanctuary of Artemis; 6. Issues of design and planning: Hellenistic and Roman temples; 7. Architectural analysis and comparisons; Bibliography; General index.

About the author

Fikret Yegül is Distinguished Professor of Architecture in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of California at Santa Barbara. A member of the Sardis Archaeological Expedition since 1964, he is the author of Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity, which won the Alice D. Hitchcock Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, and, with Diane Favro, Roman Architecture and Urbanism, which won the American Association of Publisher's PROSE awards for Excellence in Art History and Reference Publishing.Diane Favro is Distinguished Research Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California at Los Angeles. She is the author of diverse publications on Roman built environment and was President of the Society of Architectural Historians and Samuel H. Kress Professor at CASVA.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Favro, Diane (University of California Favro, Favro Diane, Fikret Yegul, Fikret (University of California Yegul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009532167
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0953216-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Archaeology by period / region, Classical style, BCE to c 500 CE, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology, c 2000 BCE to c 300 CE (Ancient Korean period )