Author: Frederick A. CooperPublisher: ASCSA
ISBN: 0876619480
Category : Architecture, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The definitive publication of the Temple of Apollo at Bassai, in the northwest Peloponnese, this is one of four volumes representing the culmination of years of study by Professor Fred Cooper of the University of Minnesota and other scholars throughout the world. An identifiable work of Iktinos, the architect of the Parthenon, the building exhibits numerous unusual and uncanonical features that heralded a revolution in Greek architectural design. Volume I: presents the history of the site and its cult, followed by a brief account of the Archaic remains and a geological report. The author then analyzes the structure of the temple from the foundations to the akroteria. The chapter on the marble roof is contributed by Nancy J. Kelly. Testimonia are cited in appendixes. Volume II: contains Brian Madigan’s study of the sculptural program and Cooper’s analysis of the relevant parts of the entablature. Volume III: contains the catalogue of drawings of the measured blocks; reproductions of 19th- and 20th-century drawings and unpublished photographs, as well as photographs of significant blocks; and facsimiles of the pages concerned with Bassai from Carl Haller's field notebook. Volume IV :contains maps, plans, and drawings in oversize format illustrating volumes I and II.