Shaping Ceremony. Monumental Steps and Greek Architecture
Altars and temples are designed to accommodate gods. Theatral steps, dining rooms, hostels, baths and latrines are designed to accommodate people. Monumental stairways may also shape the movement of a procession. Mary B. Hollinshead (M.B.H.)’s book collects and analyses a wide range of material on...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/kernos, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Kernos
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | Altars and temples are designed to accommodate gods. Theatral steps, dining rooms, hostels, baths and latrines are designed to accommodate people. Monumental stairways may also shape the movement of a procession. Mary B. Hollinshead (M.B.H.)’s book collects and analyses a wide range of material on the social use of steps, material which has been discussed separately in various excavation publications.The book focusses on monumental steps in stone which were built to be permanent and which we... |
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