Peripteros

In Classical architecture, a peripteros (‹See Tfd›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

The 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

^ ^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. peripteros.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pseudo-peripteral". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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[dogara-1] Smith, William; Wayte, William; Marindin, G. D., eds. (1890). "Templum". A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Albemarie St.: John Murray.

[ancient-2] Reber, Franz von; Joseph Thacher Clarke (1882). History of Ancient Art. University of Wisconsin - Madison: Harper & Brothers. pp. 419–420. Retrieved 2007-11-06. peripteros.

[3] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pseudo-peripteral". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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