Unit:
Specialty Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology: From the Bronze Age Palaces to the Hellenistic KingdomsLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Supervisors info:
David Scahill, adjunct faculty, Department of History and Archaeology, NKUA
Stylianos Katakis , Assistant
Professor of Roman Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, NKUA
Dimitris Plantzos , Αssociate Professor of
Classical Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, NKUA
Original Title:
Regional Influences between Greek and Macedonian Architecture with Attention to Stoa Design
Translated title:
Regional Influences between Greek and Macedonian Architecture with Attention to Stoa Design
Summary:
This thesis is a study of the regional influences of the Macedonian and Greek Architecture and their impact on the stoa design after the rise of the Hellenistic kingdoms. The stoa, as form and design is known to Greek architecture with continuous presence in agoras, sanctuaries and other public places. The origins of the stoa as a design are located in Greece, where the earlier examples are related with the development of the Classical aesthetics of design. Yet, the emergence of the Hellenistic kingdoms effects the stoa design in a significant degree and transforms completely the concept of the structure. The Hellenistic stoas incorporate various local and regional traditions, as an architectural hybrid. Yet, the Hellenistic Stoas are not affected by the Hellenistic palatial architecture only in terms of design but also in terms of ideology of kingship, of administration system and legitimization of the governance and maintenance of social hierarchies.
Main subject category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
Macedonian, Greek, Architecture, Hellenistic, stoa, design, ideology
