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Minoan Architectural Design : Formation and Signification

Intro -- List of Figures -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- PART ONE: FORMAL ORGANIZATION -- I. Introduction -- Generalities -- The Minoan Groundplan -- Planning and Construction -- Patterns of Invariance and Variation -- II. Formal Organization -- Introduction -- The Minoan Hall System -- Minoa...

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Main Author: Preziosi, Donald (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc. , 1983
Series:Approaches to Semiotics [AS] Ser v.63
Online Access:https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3040587
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Summary:Intro -- List of Figures -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- PART ONE: FORMAL ORGANIZATION -- I. Introduction -- Generalities -- The Minoan Groundplan -- Planning and Construction -- Patterns of Invariance and Variation -- II. Formal Organization -- Introduction -- The Minoan Hall System -- Minoan Houses -- Other Residences -- Urban Megastructures: The Palaces -- Minoan Palaces: An Overview -- Cells and Cell-Clusters: Minoan Spatial Syntax -- Appendix A: Aegean Megaroid Compounds -- III. The Elements of Minoan Architecture -- Introduction -- Matrices, Cells and Forms -- Minimal Units in Minoan Architecture -- PART TWO: MODULAR ORGANIZATION: PLANNING, LAYOUT AND CONSTRUCTION -- IV. Modular Analyses -- Modularity in Planning -- Format -- Analyses -- V. Syntheses -- Conclusions -- Tabulations -- Appendix B: Modular Design in the Ancient World -- Workpoints: Orientation and Alignment of the Minoan Palaces -- Bibliography -- Index of Sites.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (553 pages)
ISBN:9783110824575