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The Temple of Artemis at Sardis, one of the largest Greek temples
in the world, is documented in detail in this lavishly illustrated
two-volume monograph by architectural historian Fikret K. Yegul.
Begun in the century after the death of Alexander the Great, this
delightful and complex building has been admired by travelers,
depicted by artists and architects, and studied by scholars for
hundreds of years. Yegul provides a wide-ranging overview of the
building, treating such topics as early travelers, excavation
history, inscriptions, construction techniques, the colossal Roman
imperial portraits from the temple cella, religion and cult, and
comparisons to other temples and buildings throughout Asia Minor.
Yegul's block-by-block description of the extant elements of the
building, accompanied by hundreds of drawings and photographs,
elucidates the two primary phases in the temple's design and
construction, which date to the Hellenistic and the Roman imperial
periods. All elements of the building are illustrated in their
recently conserved state, with centuries-old discoloration now
removed to reveal the original marble. The text volume is
accompanied by a series of twenty-four foldout plates with detailed
state plans and elevations of the temple.
The Bath-Gymnasium at Sardis is the most important known example of
a complex that combines the gymnasium, a Greek institution, with
the Roman bath, a unique architectural and cultural embodiment
comparable in size and organization to the great Imperial thermae
of Rome. The restoration by the Harvard-Cornell Expedition of the
"Marble Court" or Imperial cult hall provides a rare opportunity to
appreciate firsthand the scale and elegance of the major Imperial
monuments. In this fully illustrated volume Fikret Yegul describes
the complex from the palaestra of the east through the richly
decorated Marble Court to the vast swimming pool, lofty halls, and
hot baths, including analysis of the excavation, evidence for
structural systems, roofing, vaulting, and decoration, and the
significance of building inscriptions. The author traces the
building history from its completion in the second century through
five centuries of renovation and redecoration. Mehmet Bolgil, a
practicing architect who was in charge of the restoration at
Sardis, contributes a clear description of the reconstruction
process.
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