This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... HELLENISTIC ARCHITECTURE IN SYRIA INTRODUCTION In his "Kleinasien," Strzygowski, speaking of the architecture of the East in the fourth century, has pointed out that it "nicht anderes als eine Art Nachbliite sein diirfte von dem, was die hellenistische Kunst des Orients auf diesem Gebiete schon ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... HELLENISTIC ARCHITECTURE IN SYRIA INTRODUCTION In his "Kleinasien," Strzygowski, speaking of the architecture of the East in the fourth century, has pointed out that it "nicht anderes als eine Art Nachbliite sein diirfte von dem, was die hellenistische Kunst des Orients auf diesem Gebiete schon friiher geschaffen haben muss."1 and again, "Was Konstantin in seinen Monumentalbauten an den Anfang der christlichen Reichskunst stellte, das war nicht funkelnagelneu aus dem Boden gestampft, sondern nur moglich im Gefolge einer grossen Entwicklung der hellenistischen Architektur in den Grosstadten des Orients. Von ihr aber wissen wir bis heute so gut wiegarnichts."2 We have, indeed, only too scanty remains of this developed Hellenistic art, such as must have flourished at Antioch. Yet in the rest of Syria, and especially at Palmyra, there is a wealth of material. Little or no attention has been paid to the architecture of Syria beyond the splendid publication of the monuments by M. de Vogue and by Howard Crosby Butler. References to it fall into two classes; some simply assume it to be Greek, while others call Roman everything that belongs to our era, the period of Roman political supremacy3 either classification being made without any specific details or proof. Butler alone has directly denied the Roman influence in the architecture of this time,4 and he suggested this investigation of details. As was stated in the preface, it has been necessary in general to consider only dated monuments. Yet the number of these is so great, and the evidence they offer so varied and so striking, that only a presentation of details by single monuments could suffice. Furthermore, such strong Oriental influence was, in many cases, present beside the Greek, that...
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