Author: Scully, Vincent
Title: The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods : Greek Sacred Architecture
Description: New York, NY, Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. Revised edition. Hardcover. Black and white illustrated dustjacket with orange text on cover and spine, brown boards with orange title block on spine. xxxii, 1-271pp. including 456 b+w plates whose pages are unnumbered. When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for its erudition, historical imagination, and boldness. Subsequently, this comprehensive study of Greek temples and site-planning has been widely accepted as a landmark of architectural history, for it offers an inspired and arresting insight into the nature and function of Greek sacred architecture. Vincent Scully, one of America's most brilliant and articulate scholars, understands the temples as physical embodiments of the gods in landscapes that had for the Greeks divine attributes and sacred connotations. He explores the meanings inherent in the calculated interaction between manmade sculptural forces and the natural landscape, and he relates this interaction to our understanding of Greek culture from the pre-Greek Aegean to the Hellenistic period. Years of research and travel were devoted to this book. Scores of sites were restudied on the spot, including many lesser-known sanctuaries throughout the Hellenic world. The study includes reconstruction drawings, plans, and maps along with its richly illustrated, detailed discussions of major sites. The 1969 revised edition, in which Professor Scully expanded the text and enriched it with the fruit of new researches and writings, is here made newly available. Good, dj with some tears at edges, boards and pages in excellent condition .

Keywords: European Architecture ; Greek Architecture ; ; General Reference - European Architecture


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