Alexander Tzonis and Phoebe Giannisi
Classical Greek Architecture: The Construction of the Modern
Paris:
Editions Flammarion,
2003.
288 pp.; 33 color ills.; 220 b/w ills.
Cloth
$75.00
(2080304429)
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December 2, 2008
Tony Spawforth
The Complete Greek Temples
London:
Thames & Hudson,
2005.
240 pp.; 130 color ills.; 220 b/w ills.
$40.00
(0500051429)
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While standard textbooks on Greek temples are organized according to chronology and building type, the two titles under review here attempt to render Greek architecture more accessible and more relevant to contemporary readers. Tony Spawforth’s discussion of Greek peripteral temples stresses the experiential aspect and endeavors to facilitate the study of these structures by, among other things, updating the vocabulary used to describe them. His text is intended as an introduction to the subject, and...