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Record Nr.

UNINA9910861965803321

Autore

Bassioni Ahmed M

Titolo

The Alexandrian Corinthian Capital and Its Role in the Evolution of the Corinthian Order in Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Roman Architecture : A Comparative Study (3rd Century BC - 7th Century AD)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781803272405

9781803272399

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 pages)

Disciplina

722.8

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- About Access Archaeology -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction The Rise of the Corinthian Order in Classical Greece -- Chapter I The Creation of the Alexandrian Corinthian Capital in Context ofHellenistic Architecture -- Chapter II Italo-Hellenistic, Late Republican, and Roman Imperial CorinthianCapitals -- Chapter III Late Antique Corinthian Capitals from Alexandria and the ByzantineWorld -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This study discusses the evolution of the Corinthian capital in Antiquity and how this centred around Alexandria rather than Mainland Greece. It tackles the rise of the Corinthian capital in Classical Greece and its adaptation on in Hellenistic Alexandria.