Review: The Origins of Greek Temple Architecture

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Book Review| September 01 2023 Review: The Origins of Greek Temple Architecture Alessandro Pierattini The Origins of Greek Temple Architecture Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 350 pp., 2 tables, 85 illus. $120 (cloth), ISBN 9781108499477 Jessica Paga Jessica Paga William & Mary Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2023) 82 (3): 335–336. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2023.82.3.335 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Jessica Paga; Review: The Origins of Greek Temple Architecture. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 September 2023; 82 (3): 335–336. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2023.82.3.335 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search The Origins of Greek Temple Architecture is a welcome contribution to the growing literature on pre-Classical architecture and society in ancient Greece. Alessandro Pierattini’s book not only sets forth a nuanced argument for the origins of pre-Archaic Greek temples but also models how the rigorous application of Bauforschung can illuminate the processes behind construction, thereby shedding light on issues of communal action, engineering, and cross-cultural and cross-media exchange. The book consists of an introduction, where the author sets out what is at stake in an evaluation of early Greek temple architecture; three chapters spanning the eleventh through seventh centuries BCE that detail what developed when, where, and why; and a concluding fourth chapter that both wraps up Pierattini’s observations and points toward future studies. Ample black-and-white photographs and illustrations (most by the author), three meticulous appendixes, and a substantial list of references round out the book. The text is remarkably... You do not currently have access to this content.