The Alexandrian Corinthian Capital and Its Role in the Evolution of the Corinthian Order in Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Roman Architecture A Comparative Study (3rd Century BC - 7th Century AD)
Cover -- About Access Archaeology -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction The Rise of the Corinthian Order in Classical Greece -- Chapter I The Creation of the Alexandrian Corinthian Capital in Context ofHellenistic Architecture -- Chapter II Italo-Hellenistic, Late Republican, and Roman Imperial CorinthianCapitals -- Chapter III Late Antique Corinthian Capitals from Alexandria and the ByzantineWorld -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Summary
This study discusses the evolution of the Corinthian capital in Antiquity and how this centred around Alexandria rather than Mainland Greece. It tackles the rise of the Corinthian capital in Classical Greece and its adaptation on in Hellenistic Alexandria
