The Making of the Doric Temple: Architecture, Religion, and Social Change in Archaic Greece

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Gabriel Zuchtriegel (Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Italy)

The Making of the Doric Temple

Architecture, Religion, and Social Change in Archaic Greece

Gabriel Zuchtriegel (Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Italy)

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Cambridge University Press
20 April 2023

History of art: ancient & classical art; History of architecture; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Cultural studies

In this volume, Gabriel Zuchtriegel revisits the idea of Doric architecture as the paradigm of architectural and artistic evolutionism. Bringing together old and new archaeological data, some for the first time, he posits that Doric architecture has little to do with a wood-to-stone evolution. Rather, he argues, it originated in tandem with a disruptive shift in urbanism, land use, and colonization in Archaic Greece. Zuchtriegel presents momentous architectural change as part of a broader transformation that involved religion, politics, economics, and philosophy. As Greek elites colonized, explored, and mapped the Mediterranean, they sought a new home for the gods in the changing landscapes of the sixth-century BC Greek world. Doric architecture provided an answer to this challenge, as becomes evident from parallel developments in architecture, art, land division, urban planning, athletics, warfare, and cosmology. Building on recent developments in geography, gender, and postcolonial studies, this volume offers a radically new interpretation of architecture and society in Archaic Greece.

By: Gabriel Zuchtriegel (Archaeological Park of Pompeii Italy)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 182mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9781009260107
ISBN 10: 1009260103
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 20 April 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gabriel Zuchtriegel was the director of the archaeological site of Paestum from 2015 to 2021, when he was named director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. His publications include articles and monographs on the archaeology and history of Greek colonization, including Colonization and Subalternity in Classical Greece (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Reviews for The Making of the Doric Temple: Architecture, Religion, and Social Change in Archaic Greece

'This excellent, thought-provoking book is very different from the many traditional books about Greek architecture that focus on the Doric style and its evolution in purely architectural terms. ... The author provides interesting discussion of how and why the Doric temple, set within a sanctuary, came to define religious space and at the same time shift the focus from traditional religious beliefs in gods as spiritual forces that dwelled in various environments in nature to anthropomorphic temple cult images in urban contexts. Well written and rich in ideas and approaches, this is a book for scholars. ... Essential.' J. Pollini, Choice