Hindu temple architecture as the main form of hindu architecture has many varieties of style though the basic nature of the hindu temple remains the same with the essential feature an inner sanctum the garbha griha or womb chamber where the primary murti or the image of a deity is housed in a simple bare cell.
Greek temple floor plan basic.
A prostyle temple is a temple that has columns only at the front while an amphiprostyle temple has columns at the front and the rear.
The temple is roofed in terracotta with wooden beams and rafters fire is a constant hazard.
The numbers below correspond to the circled numbers above.
A single or double peristyle colonnade surrounds the cella.
Most greek temples were built of marble or other stone richly carved and.
The names for the parts of the temple are in red after each number.
Greek temples are often categorized in terms of their ground plan and the way in which the columns are arranged.
The basic principles for the development of greek temple architecture have their roots between the 10th century bce and the 7th century bce.
The smallest temples are less than 25 m.
Most ancient greek temples were rectangular and were approximately twice as long as they were wide with some notable exceptions such as the enormous temple of olympian zeus athens with a length of nearly 2 1 2 times its width.
Pericles commissioned the renowned greek architects ictinus and callicrates and the sculptor phidias to design the parthenon which became the largest doric style temple of its time.
An inner windowless room or cella housed an image of a god and an altar stood outside the temple usually at the eastern end and often enclosed.
Around this chamber there are often other structures and buildings in the.
A number of surviving temple like structures are circular and are referred to as tholos ancient greek.
Plan of a typical greek temple.
In its simplest form as a naos the temple was a simple rectangular shrine with protruding side walls antae forming a small porch.