The Arch and the Vault in Greek Architecture

Boyd, Thomas D.

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“…Further, Greeks were not interested in using and developing arch structures because it was not culturally meaningful to them (Hanlon, 2006, 70). They used arches with semi-circular forms (Huerta, 2007, 217): However, it was for secondary buildings such as sewers ( (Boyd 1978), Dornisch, 1992)). Huerta (2007, 217) disagrees with using ellipse systematically in Greece and Rome.…”

Section: From Euclid (3rd-4th Century Bce) To Pappus (3rd Century Ce)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Suspension: Using Conic Sections in Persian Arch Structures

Izadpanah¹

2015

JEA

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Different views exist about using conic sections in historical arch structures; this issue is present in Persian architecture. This paper explores the possibility of such a function in the pre-Islamic and Islamic architecture of Iran. To examine this question, the history of conic sections in Iran and its neigh boring civilizations is considered here, and experts' attitudes towards the matter are discussed. The results show that there is no historical document that proves this use. Moreover, the attitudes of experts who believe in this use are incorrect or biased. It seems our theories affect our observations and analysis and makes them biased.

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Section: From Euclid (3rd-4th Century Bce) To Pappus (3rd Century Ce)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Suspension: Using Conic Sections in Persian Arch Structures

Izadpanah¹

2015

JEA

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“…These connections transformed the sanctuary into a locus for competitive display and a showcase for some of the most elaborate and innovative monuments of Hellenistic architecture. The Rotunda of Arsinoë is the largest closed round building known in Greek architecture; the entrance to the sanctuary, the Propylon, represents the first exterior use of the Corinthian column and is among the earliest of the barrel‐vaulted tunnels in Greek architectural history (Boyd 1978; Lehmann 1998:62–70, 94–96; McCredie 1965:118 n. 51, 1979:2–6). These monuments helped transform the Samothracian cult into one of the most prominent mysteries of the ancient Mediterranean world, second only to Eleusis in stature.…”

Section: Samothrace: Location and Cultmentioning

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5  Toward an Archaeology of Secrecy: Power, Paradox, and the Great Gods of Samothrace

Blakely

2011

Archaeological Papers of the American

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The mystery cult of the Great Gods of Samothrace offers productive material for theory building with respect to the archaeology of secrecy in ritual contexts. The social practice of secrecy builds political power and relies on communicative strategies that simultaneously conceal and reveal, employing culturally specific codes involving abstraction, ambiguity, metaphor, and allusion. Samothrace increased its secrecy as it grew in prestige: archaeological materialization of this secrecy includes euphemistic inscriptions and magnetized iron rings used as tokens of initiation. The rings use myth, philosophy, and ritual practice to communicate the initiate's status while emphasizing the rites' resistance to disclosure. [secrecy, Greece, initiation, iron, magnetism]

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“…Since stone was the usual building material, they employed the voussoir arch, almost without exception with a semicircular form. The arch was employed in secondary buildings, in sewers or for the gates of the city walls [Boyd 1978, Dornisch 1992. Some cantilevered domes approached the oval form, but there was no systematic use of the ovals as in the brick architecture of Mesopotamia or Egypt.…”

Section: Greece and Romementioning

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Oval Domes: History, Geometry and Mechanics

Huerta

2007

Nexus Netw J

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Abstract. An oval dome may be defined as a dome whose plan or profile (or both) has an oval form. The word "oval" comes from the Latin ovum, egg. The present paper contains an outline of the origin and application of the oval in historical architecture; a discussion of the spatial geometry of oval domes, that is, the different methods employed to lay them out; a brief exposition of the mechanics of oval arches and domes; and a final discussion of the role of geometry in oval arch and dome design.

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The Arch and the Vault in Greek Architecture

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A Suspension: Using Conic Sections in Persian Arch Structures

A Suspension: Using Conic Sections in Persian Arch Structures

5  Toward an Archaeology of Secrecy: Power, Paradox, and the Great Gods of Samothrace

Oval Domes: History, Geometry and Mechanics

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Cited by 48 publications

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A Suspension: Using Conic Sections in Persian Arch Structures

A Suspension: Using Conic Sections in Persian Arch Structures

5 Toward an Archaeology of Secrecy: Power, Paradox, and the Great Gods of Samothrace

Oval Domes: History, Geometry and Mechanics

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