Origins of Classical Architecture: Temples, Orders and Gifts to the Gods in Ancient Greece by Mark Wilson Jones

Origins of Classical Architecture: Temples, Orders and Gifts to the Gods in Ancient Greece

Mark Wilson Jones

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The Greek architectural orders--Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian--lie at the heart of the classical traditions of building, and yet satisfying accounts for their origins have proved elusive. In contrast with conventional theories that would see the or...

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