In Classical architecture, a peripteros (Greek: περίπτερος; see peripterous) is a type of ancient Greek or Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns. It is surrounded by a colonnade (pteron) on all four sides of the cella (naos), creating a four-sided arcade, or peristyle (peristasis)[1]. By extension, it also means simply the perimeter of a building (typically a classical temple), when that perimeter is made up of columns.[2] The term is frequently used of buildings in the Doric order.[2]
Definition
editThe peripteros can be a portico, a kiosk, or a chapel. If it is made up of four columns, it is a tetrastyle; of six, hexastyle; of eight, octastyle; of ten, decastyle; and of twelve, dodecastyle[1]. If the columns are fitted into the wall instead of standing alone, the building is a pseudoperipteros[1][3].
References
edit- ^ a b c Smith, William; Wayte, William; Marindin, G. D., eds. (1890). "Templum". A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Albemarie St.: John Murray.
- ^ a b Reber, Franz von; Joseph Thacher Clarke (1882). History of Ancient Art. University of Wisconsin - Madison: Harper & Brothers. pp. 419–420. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
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- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pseudo-peripteral". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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