- Type: Doctoral thesis
Title: "Elegância" e "sutileza" na concepção dos templos dóricos gregos (sécs. V-II a.C.)
Year: 2015
Publication: Tese de doutorado
Keywords: Archaeology of Greek classical architecture; Architecture of Greek Doric temples; Greek architecture; Elegance and subtlety; Greek Doric temples: proportions and modules; Vitruvius and the Doric temple
Abstract: The architectural design of Greek Doric temples is approached at the interface between the analysis of textual sources and material culture. We examine the relevance and role that "elegance" and "subtlety", according to Vitruvius, played in the modus operandi of Greek architects, as technical and methodological resources for developing the design of the Greek Doric temple between the 5th and 2nd centuries BC. We aim to clarify and establish links between these relatively subjective concepts and the underlying logic that guided architects, both in design and in precise application on site, thereby testing the Modular Hypothesis proposed by Mark Wilson Jones for the design of Greek Doric temples. To this end, we examine the scientific foundations of Greek architecture through the analysis of two groups of temples: Group 1, made up of eight hexastyle temples, 6 x 13, of the 5th century BC, and Group 2, made up of nine hexastyle peripteral temples with varied lateral colonnade configurations, dated between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC. As the starting point of the research and its fundamental reference we adopted the articles published by Mark Wilson Jones in 2001 and 2006, respectively, in the American Journal of Archaeology and Nexus. We systematically sought to update the debate, drawing on the most recent discussions and on our own analyses and conclusions.
Access - Type: Master's dissertation
Title: Geometria e aritmética na concepção dos templos dóricos gregos
Year: 2010
Publication: Dissertação de Mestrado
Keywords: Classical Archaeology; Archaeology of Greek Architecture; Greek Architecture; Greek Doric Temples: Geometry and Arithmetic; Greek Temples: Proportions and Modules
Abstract: The architectural design of Greek Doric temples is studied from the perspective of the Archaeology of Architecture stricto sensu. We examine the relevance and role of the application of geometry and arithmetic as technical and methodological resources for developing the design of the Greek Doric temple in the 5th century BC, aiming to clarify and establish links between these branches of mathematics and the underlying logic that guided architects, both in design and in precise application on site. To this end, we examine the scientific foundations of Greek architecture through the analysis of 10 Classical hexastyle temples (the canonical configuration of the Doric order), critically assessing the scope and limits of the modern theories that have developed interpretative models for the design of the Greek Doric temple. As the starting point and fundamental reference we adopted the articles published by J. J. Coulton in the mid-1970s in The Annual of the British School at Athens, and we systematically update the debate, drawing on the most recent discussions.
Access - Type: Article
Title: O que ler para entender a arquitetura dos templos dóricos gregos: uma organização bibliográfica sistemática com introdução para mais de um século de pesquisa
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Claudio Walter Gomez Duarte