Pseudoperipteros
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hexastyle pseudoperipteral Roman temple
A pseudoperipteros (
Hellenistic period. In Roman temples, the pseudoperipteral form became usual, where there were columns behind the portico
as well. Typically the front has a portico with free-standing columns, but columns on the other three sides of the walls are engaged.
If free-standing columns surround the entire building, it is a peripteros. Unlike a peripteros, a pseudoperipteros has no space (peristasis) between the cella (naos, inner chamber) and the outer walls on the sides and rear, so the engaged columns can also be considered to be embedded directly into those walls of the cella.
The
facade
also has engaged columns.
A pseudoperipteral building with a portico at each end is an amphiprostyle. Examples include the small Temple of Athena Nike and Temple of Venus and Roma.
References
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schematic plans of ancient Greek temples.
- "Pseudoperipteral". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.
- Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
External links
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pseudo-peripteral". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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