Pteron
In Classical architecture, a pteron (Greek: πτερον, 'wing') is an external colonnade around a building, especially an Ancient Greek temple.[1] The pteroma or peristasis is the passage between the columns and the wall in a temple,[2] the peristyle that in an inward-facing courtyard or garden.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Lawrence, A. W., Greek Architecture, p. xxxi, 1957, Penguin, Pelican history of art; FHP, 254
- ^ FHP, 254
- ^ FHP, 240
References[edit]
- "FHP": John Fleming, Hugh Honour and Nikolaus Pevsner, The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, 3rd edn, 1980, Penguin, ISBN 0140510133