Hellenistic Architecture: An Introductory Study

by Theodore Fyfe

Originally published 1936 by Cambridge University Press. The author Theodore Fyfe was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architecture, Lecturer & sometime Director of the School of Architecture in the University of Cambridge. Numerous b/w drawings, 39 photo plates, 4 fold-out plates. Includes Glossary, Index. Chapters on The Rise & Development of Hellenistic The Greek Background; The Centres (Asia Minor, Egypt, Cyrene, Syria, Palestine, the Further East, Greece, Sicily). The The Greek Ideal; Bassae & Tagea; Archaic Temples in Asia Minor (The Columnar principle, Processional Way, Sculpture). Hellenistic Asia Minor; Syria; Transjordan; Greece. Tombs & Monuments. The Orders, Scenic & Barock Tendencies; Detail & Decoration; Materials & Construction Technique. The House. Civic Design. Aftermath of Hellenism

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First published January 1, 1936