Paestum temple in relationship with its landscape

Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : Doric temple of Athena or Ceres showing its orientation toward the sacred mountain above the site. The perfect parallelism of the flanking colonnade visually locks with the landscape beyond. For more about this theory, see Vincent Scully's "The Earth, the temple, and the gods."

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: Paestum_temple_landscape_ITA200610-081.jpg
Copyright: © JLDTifft 2006. All rights reserved.
Image Size: 3600x2400 / 5.4MB; Italy Paestum Magna Graecia archaeological site history heritage Doric columns colonnade parallel architecture ancient
Contained in galleries: Paestum Temples

Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : Doric temple of Athena or Ceres showing its orientation toward the sacred mountain above the site. The perfect parallelism of the flanking colonnade visually locks with the landscape beyond. For more about this theory, see Vincent Scully's "The Earth, the temple, and the gods."