The Earth, the Temple and the Gods - Greek Sacred Architecture

Scully, Vincent

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1962

About this Item

xxvi, 257, (170) pages; Contents clean and secure in original cream cloth binding with lettering in red in edgeworn dustjacket with chipping at extremities. Profusely illustrated. From the dustjacket: "In this comprehensive study of Greek temples and site planning, the author adopts a hitherto undeveloped view of Greek sacred architecture. Vincent Scully treats the temples as physical embodiments of the gods in landscapes which had for the greeks divine attributes and sacred connotations. He explores the meanings inherent in the calculated interaction between the man-made sculptural forces and the natural landscape, and relates this to our understanding of Greek culture from the pre-Greek Aegean to the Hellenistic period.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Earth, the Temple and the Gods - Greek Sacred Architecture
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
• Publication Date: 1962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archeology
  • Architecture
  • Classical Studies