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Title Listening to the stones : essays on architecture and function in ancient Greek sanctuaries in honour of Richard Alan Tomlinson / edited by Elena C. Partida and Barbara Schmidt-Dounas.

Publication Info. Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 264 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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Series Archaeopress archaeology
Archaeopress archaeology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Listening to the Stones: Essays on Architecture and Function in Ancient Greek Sanctuaries in Honour of Richard Alan Tomlinson' deals with a range of topics that relate to the broad scope of Richard Tomlinson?s archaeological quests and echoes his own methodology in research. Innovative masonry modes, matters of style and orders, proportions and design principles, as well as the inter-regional connections which fostered the transmission of architectural traditions and technical know-how have been cardinal points in Tomlinson?s writings and lectures, as much as the Greek foundations on foreign soil, the forethought in planning, achievements in the field of engineering and the interaction between the secular, the sepulchral and the sacred premises in an ancient city. The conservative or progressive attitudes of a society usually leave an imprint on architectural creations. So, architecture is subject to evolution along with the developing societies. Its gradual changing signifies the building programs taken up by ancient communities. Within this frame, we better comprehend the function of public edifices, the remodeling of cult sites in accordance with historic circumstances, the role of politics in architecture. This book is a token of appreciation of a British professor of archaeology, who spread knowledge of the Greek civilization, manifesting the brilliant spirit of the versatile ancient Greek builders.
Contents Preface -- by Elena Partida and Barbara Schmidt-Dounas Publications by Richard Alan Tomlinson Emplekton -- The Art of Weaving Stones -- by Poul Pedersen Ionic or Doric -- by Barbara Schmidt-Dounas Observations on the Interior Structure of Macedonian Tombs -- by Stella Drougou The Stoas of the Sanctuary at Dodona -- by Nikolaos Th. Katsikoudis Architectural Practice and the Distinctiveness of Sacred Sites -- by Franziska Lang Town and Sanctuary in Aetolia -- Calydon in Context -- by Søren Dietz Politics Reflected on Architecture: An Evaluation of the Aetolian, the Pergamene and the Roman Input to the Religious Landscape at Delphi -- by Elena C. Partida From the Valley of the Muses Via the Kabeirion of Thebes to the Ptoion: The Theatres and Sanctuaries of Boeotia -- by Marco Germani Observations on the History and Topography of Two Major Sanctuaries of Poseidon and Zeus in Aigialeia of Achaea -- by Dora Katsonopoulou The Organization, Planning and Architectural Design of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion, Arcadia -- by David Gilman Romano Reconstructing Building Height: The Early Hellenistic Hestiatorion Propylon at Epidauros -- by Jari Pakkanen Interpretation of the Current State of the Treasuries Retaining Wall at Ancient Olympia through Staged Historical Back Analysis -- by Dimitrios Egglezos Sacred Architecture in Roman Laconia -- by Georgios Doulfis More Corinthian on Samothrace -- by Bonna D. Wescoat The Sanctuaries on the Island of Lesbos from an Architectural and Topographical Perspective -- by Yannis Kourtzellis Shaping the Ancient Religious Landscape at Kato Phana, Chios -- by Lesley A. Beaumont Topographical Study of Ancient Cos: New Data from the Western District -- by Giorgio Rocco The Tufa Stoa in Cos: A Hypothesis on Its Identification -- by Monica Livadiotti Medicine, Urbanisation and Religion in Classical Cos -- by Luigi M. Caliò Temple and Hestiatorion. The Combined Edifice on Mount Çatallar Tepe (Turkey) -- by Frank Hulek The Role of Carians in the Development of Greek Architecture -- by Abdulkadir Baran Visualising Cyrene: Three-Dimensional (3D) Laser Scanning and the Ancient Urban Environment -- by Gareth Sears and Vince Gaffney New Evidence for Early Greek Settlement on the Acropolis of Selinunte -- by Clemente Marconi Travels Around Greece -- by Tony Spawforth, Erica Davies and Marie-Christine Keith.
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Subject Temples, Greek.
Temples, Greek.
Architecture, Greek.
Architecture, Greek.
Architecture, Ancient.
Architecture, Ancient.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Festschriften.
Festschriften.
Added Author Partida, Elena C., editor.
Schmidt-Dounas, Barbara, editor.
Tomlinson, R. A. (Richard Allan), honouree.
Other Form: Print version: 9781789690880
Print version: 9781789690873 1789690870 (OCoLC)1112371531
ISBN 9781789690880 (electronic book)
1789690889 (electronic book)
9781789690873 (paperback)
1789690870 (paperback)