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1 online resource (212 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Scales of transformation in prehistoric and archaic societies,
2590-1222 ;
10
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Scales of transformation in prehistoric and archaic societies ; 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This book examines the mutual influence of architecture and human action during a key period of history: the Hellenistic age. During this era, the profound transformations in the Mediterranean's archaeological and historical record are detectable, pointing to a conscious intertwining of the physical (landscape, architecture, bodies) and social (practice) components of built space. Compiling the outcomes of a conference held in Kiel in 2018, the volume assembles contributions focusing on Hellenistic architecture as an action context, perceived in movement through built space. Sanctuaries, as a particularly coherent kind of built space featuring well-defined sets of architecture combined with ritual action, were chosen as the general frame for the analyses. The reciprocity between this sacred architecture and (religious) human action is traced through several layers starting from three specific case studies (Messene, Samothrace, Pella), extending to architectural modules, and finally encompassing overarching principles of design and use. As two additional case studies on caves and agorai show, the far-reaching entanglement of architecture and human action was neither restricted to highly architecturalised nor sacred spaces, but is characteristic of Hellenistic built space in general. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Preface of the editors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Hellenistic Architecture, Landscape, and Human Action -- Three sanctuaries as case studies -- The Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis in Messene: Natural Setting and Human Action -- Interstitial Space in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace -- Sanctuary Disposition and Cult Practice: The Thesmophorion in Pella -- The Usage of the Pronaos of Hellenistic Temples -- Abstract -- Constructing the Sublime: Landscape, Architecture and Human Encounter in Hellenistic Sanctuaries -- Abstract |
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Secluded or Entangled: Two Modes of Architecture-Landscape Design in Hellenistic Sanctuaries -- Abstract -- Roman Awe for Greek Sanctuaries: Polybius and Livy Illustrate Roman Encounters with Greek Patrimony -- Man-Made Space versus Natural Space in Greek Sacred Caves -- Abstract -- The Upper Agora at Ephesos in Hellenistic Times: in Search of the 'State Market' -- Abstract -- Blank Page -- Blank Page |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Architecture, Hellenistic -- Congresses.
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Architecture, Hellenistic. |
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Architecture and society -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- Congresses.
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Architecture and society. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
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History. |
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Temples, Greek -- Congresses.
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Temples, Greek. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Haug, Annette, editor.
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Müller, Asja, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hellenistic architecture and human action. A case of reciprocal influence. Leiden : Sidestone Press 2020 9789088909108 (OCoLC)1138936756 |
| ISBN |
9789088909115 (electronic book) |
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9088909113 (electronic book) |
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9789088909108 |
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9088909105 |
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9789088909092 |
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9088909091 |
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