Greek and Roman Architecture

by Robertson, Donald Struan

• ISBN13: 9780521094528
• ISBN10: 0521094526
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1969-05-01
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

This book provides an account of the main developments in Greek, Etruscan and Roman architecture.

Table of Contents

Preface to First Edition	iii
Preface to Second Edition	ix
List of Illustrations	xv
Sources of Knowledge. Materials and Methods	1	(5)
Minoan Crete, Troy, and pre-Mycenaean Greece	6	(21)
Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Architecture	27	(10)
The Dark Ages. Technical Terms. The Earliest Temples	37	(25)
The Earliest Doric and its Timber Prototypes	62	(7)
Sixth-Century Doric	69	(21)
Archaic Ionic	90	(16)
Fifth-Century Doric, to the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War	106	(19)
Ionic in the Fifth Century, and Doric and Corinthian in the late Fifth and Fourth	125	(22)
Fourth-Century and Hellenistic Ionic, and Hellenistic Doric and Corinthian	147	(16)
Greek Theatres and other Buildings not Temples or Private Houses	163	(23)
Greek and Roman Town-Planning. Etruscan and Early Latin Architecture	186	(19)
Temple Architecture of the Roman Republic	205	(8)
Temple Architecture of the Roman Empire	213	(18)
Roman Construction. Arches, Vaults, and Domes	231	(36)
Basilicas, Theatres, Amphitheatres, and other Roman Monuments	267	(30)
Greek and Roman Houses and Palaces	297	(25)
Appendix I. Chronological Tables	322	(25)
Appendix II. Bibliography	347	(32)
Appendix III. Glossary	379	(16)
General Index	395