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The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture

Book information

Publisher
Trinity University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781595341778, 1595341773
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
88 MB (92543834 bytes)
Pages
800 pages\800
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for it erudition, historical imagination and boldness. Subsequently, this comprehensive study of Greek temples and site-planning has been widely accepted as a landmark of architectural history, for it offers an inspired and arresting insight into nature and function of Greek sacred architecture. Vincent Scully, one of America's most brilliant and articulate scholars, understands the temples as physical embodiment of the gods in landscapes that had for the Greeks divine attributes and sacred connotatio.

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