CLAS 2531 Lecture Notes - Ancient Greek Temple, Prostyle, Cella
29 Apr 2013
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Etruscan temples the plan of an etruscan temple is a broad rectangle. Steps measuring approximately one third of the temple"s width are places at the centre front across the bay between two centre columns. The front half of the temple space accommodates an open porch. There are two rows of four widely spaced columns across the porch. The cella area is located at the back half of the temple and is subdivided into three rectangular spaces, roughly corresponding to the spacing of the columns on the porch. The overall plan of an etruscan temle has several features that distinguish it from a greek temple: the limited stairway the widely spaced columns the deep porch the tripartite cella (with three cult statues) Romans needed interior space for worship, whereas greeks worshipped outside their solution was to extend the walls outward, creating engaged columns while maintaining the same basic shape.
