HYPOSTYLE

hĭpˈəstīl, hīˈpə–, the chamber in Egyptian temples in which a number of columns supported a flat stone roof. Forming the chief and largest inner space of the temple, it was entered from the outer courtyard and, in turn, gave access to the holy of holies and the small inner sanctuaries occupying the rear of the structure. Its columns were arranged to form a wide center aisle flanked by two or more side aisles, the center one rising higher than the others to permit clerestory lighting. The ruined temple of Amon at Al Karnak shows the most celebrated hypostyle hall, constructed in the XIX dynasty.

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books on: Hypostyle  - 158 results

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The Monuments of Seti I: Epigraphic, Historical, and Art Historical Analysis
Book by Peter J. Brand; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Egypt--Antiquities, Egypt--History--Nineteenth Dynasty, Ca. 1320-1200 B.C, Monuments--Egypt, Seti--I--King Of Egypt
...Seti I on the west wall of the Karnak Hypostyle Hall. GHHK L 1, pl. 150; Key Plans...jamb of the north gate of the Karnak Hypostyle Hall. GHHK I.1, pl. 187; Key Plans...before Amen, relief of Seti I, Karnak Hypostyle Hall, west wall. GHHK I. I , pl...
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Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians
Book by Bob Brier, Hoyt Hobbs; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Egypt--Social Life And Customs--To 332 B.C
...roofed temple proper. First came a large hypostyle hall, 60 feet deep by the 93- foot...equipment occupied the south side of the hypostyle hall beside a small chapel for pharaohs...Rameses the Great. Beyond this first hypostyle hall stood a second, 25 feet deep...
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Egyptian Architecture as Cultural Expression
Book by E. Baldwin Smith; D. Appleton-Century, 1938
Subjects: Architecture--Egypt
...pylon II, and probably started the great Hypostyle Hall in between his pylon and that of...son, Seti I. The relation between a hypostyle hall and a royal palace is shown by the...achievement of Egyptian architecture is the Hypostyle Hall Plates XLIX and L . Its superhuman...
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A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture
Book by Gwendolyn Leick; Routledge, 1988
Subjects: Architecture, Ancient--Middle East--Dictionaries, Architecture--Middle East--Dictionaries, Middle East--Antiquities--Dictionaries
...CHOGA ZANBIL, ASSUR, UR; see TOMB . hypostyle hall The Greek word means under columns. Hypostyle halls can therefore be any large space...columns to support the roof. In the large hypostyle hall of the Amun temple at KARNAK 13th...
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Transfigurations of Hellenism: Aspects of Late Antique Art in Egypt, A.D. 250-700
Book by Laszlo Torok; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Art, Coptic, Art, Hellenistic--Egypt
...of Diocletians palace. The Hypostyle opening from the Court was...statues of the Augusti. The Hypostyle of the Am6n temple was the...the Court in front of the Hypostyle in order to adore the king during the Opet festival.4 The Hypostyles functional/formal similarities...
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journal articles on: Hypostyle  - 12 results

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From Azulejos to Zaguanes: The Islamic Legacy in the Built Environment of Hispano-America
Journal article by R. Brooks Jeffery; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 45, 2003
Subjects: Buildings, Buildings--History, Buildings--Religious aspects, Islam, Islam and politics, Islam and politics--Influence, Islam and politics--Social aspects, Islam--Influence, Islam--Social aspects, Mexican history--Analysis, Mexican history--Religious aspects, Mexico--History, Mexico--Religious aspects, North America--History, North America--Religious aspects, North American history--Analysis, North American history--Religious aspects
...proportions, and (2) the use of the Islamic hypostyle mosque form as a building type well suited...the Islamic dynasties of Spain is the hypostyle mosque form. The origin of this form...columns. In Hispano-America, the hypostyle mosque form was used in two ways...
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The Graffiti on the Khonsu Temple Roof at Karnak: A Manifestation of Personal Piety
Journal article by A.J. Peden; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 126, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Graffiti on the Khonsu Temple Roof at Karnak: A Manifestation of Personal Piety (Book)--Book reviews
...to the temple roof is situated in the ambulatory behind the hypostyle hall, it seems only reasonable to assume that the drawings...vol. 2: Scenes and Inscriptions in the Court and the First Hypostyle Hall (Chicago, 1981). 2. There can be no doubt that the...
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The Fiery Furnace in the Book of Daniel and the Ancient near East
Journal article by Tawny L. Holm; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 128, 2008
Subjects: Bible. Old Testament. Daniel (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Middle East--History, Middle East--Religious aspects
...him on a brazier, e.g., as an offering to Thoth on a hypostyle at Philae and in scenes at Edfu. (64) What might this h...Syncellus; Waddell, Maneiho, 166-69. (64.) For the hypostyle at Philae, see Bertha Porter and Rosalind L. B. Moss...
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Cleopatra and Rome
Journal article by Helena Fracchia; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 41, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Cleopatra and Rome (Book)--Book reviews
...conservative elements of society were not in favour of this development. The porticus Aemilia (193 BC), inspired by the Hypostyle Hall of Delos, and the porticus Metelli (circa 147 BC), based on the architecture of Hellenistic religious sanctuaries...
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Doing Business for the Lord: Lending on Interest and Written Loan Contracts in the Mulasarvastivada-Vinaya
Journal article by Gregory Schopen; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 114, 1994
Subjects: Buddhism--Moral and ethical aspects, India--Religious aspects, Monastic and religious life--Moral and ethical aspects
...elliptical structures there; the "stupendous timber palisade" at Pataliputra and the massive teak wood platforms there; or the hypostyle hall found at Kumhrar - but none of these are Buddhist, all appear to have been produced by ruling powers.(85) In order...
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magazine articles on: Hypostyle  - 16 results

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Karnak: Where the Digital Age Meets Ancient Egypt
Magazine article by Andrew Lawler; Humanities, Vol. 31, January 2010
Subjects: Architecture, Colleges & universities, Construction, Religion, Religious buildings
...stupendous and the Parthenon more beautiful, wrote British adventurer Amelia Edwards in 1877 after wandering through the famous Hypostyle Hall, which alone covers nearly 1.5 acres. "Yet in nobility of conception, in vastness of detail, in mystery of the...
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Ornament on Trial
Magazine article by Tom Phillips; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, April 2003
Subjects: Anthropologists--Attitudes, Architects--Attitudes, Artists--Authorship, Decoration and ornament, Decorative arts--Analysis, Design, Decorative, Dissertations, Academic--Excerpts, Mack, John--Attitudes, Phillips, Tom--Authorship
...when something and nothing discovered each other, an example of how ideas spring from collisions of opposites. 2 In his hypostyle, Serlio appreciated the figure of the forest as one of the most enduring architectural themes. The forest is an analogue...
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Learning Curves
Magazine article by Mary Bream; The Architectural Review, Vol. 197, January 1995
Subjects: Libraries--Design and construction, Madrid, Spain--Libraries
...severe as the other openings, and the atmosphere is not exactly welcoming. The entrance level is pretty severe too. A low hypostyle hall has a grid of fat columns and is divided by a glass screen, through which are the control desk, catalogues and the...
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Travelling in the Footnotes: Yemen-Based Author Tim Mackintosh-Smith Is Often Described as the Best Travel Writer of His Generation. on a Are Visit to London, He Tells Justin Marozzi of His Fascination with Another 'Best Travel Writer of His Generation': The 14th-Century Author Ibn Battutah
Magazine article by Justin Marozzi; Geographical, Vol. 78, March 2006
Subjects: Authors--Interviews, Mackintosh-Smith, Tim--Interviews, Travel in literature, Travel literature, Writers--Interviews
...the pillars of which are painted wood and support a roof also of wood, most marvellously carved. On festival days this hypostyle forest was interplanted with silken trees, pages with gold barrels doused the assembled company with an incessant drizzle...
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Long Walk to Freedom: This Urban Square in Soweto Cccpolitical Struggle and Creates a New Forum for Township Life
Magazine article by Matthew Barac; The Architectural Review, Vol. 221, June 2007
Subjects: Building models (Architecture)--Political aspects, Conferences and conventions--Political aspects
...between motorway underpass and woodland labyrinth, makes historical reference to traditional forms such as the basilica and hypostyle. At the same time it responds to the prevalent dynamics of street commerce. Informal trade, the economic lifeblood of many...
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newspaper articles on: Hypostyle  - 9 results

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EGYPT REDISCOVERED; Third Trip's the Charm as Knowledgeable Guide Opens Eyes to New Wonders
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 24, 2007
...sprawling but also more convoluted, is best known for its Great Hypostyle Hall, with 137 gigantic columns and an area just less than...Plateau outside Cairo is popular with visitors. The Great Hypostyle Hall of the vast Temple of Karnak has 137 columns that tower...
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The Nile.In Style; by CHRIS DREW 4,500 Years of Sail through Cruise History on an Egyptian
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 25, 2010
Subjects: Cruise lines
...This huge complex is made up of three temples, the grandest the Precinct of Amun being the size of 10 cathedrals. Its Great Hypostyle Hall is large enough swallow St Pauls Cathedral in London TWICE. All built 3,000 years ago when the height of luxury back...
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THE NILE IN STYLE; Sail through 4,500 Years of History on an Egyptian Cruise
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 18, 2010
Subjects: Cruise lines
...This huge complex is made up of three temples, the grandest the Precinct of Amun being the size of 10 cathedrals. Its Great Hypostyle Hall is large enough swallow St Pauls Cathedral in London TWICE. All built 3,000 years ago when the height of luxury back...
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TRAVEL: NILE Be Back; MARK ELLIS Explores the Wonders of Egypt
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 7, 2006
...Perfect of Places - and covers 100 acres. As you delve deep into the temple the monuments get older. Marvel at the Great Hypostyle Hall - 134 massive columns with fantastic stone carvings. To make sense of it all there are excellent guides who navigate...
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A Grand Old Lady Who Fell upon Hard Times; the Adelphi Hotel Is Aiming to Restore Its Former Glory. Mike Chapple Tells the Story of a Great Liverpool Institution ADELPHI HOTEL MULTI-MILLION POUND MAKEOVER
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 28, 2006
...the very best hotels elsewhere in Europe. Some of the rooms were modelled on Napoleons palace Le Petite Trinon. The square Hypostyle Hall has majestic Empire-style decoration with four gigantic Ionic columns supporting the ceiling. The exterior of the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hypostyle  - 8 results

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Hypostyle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HYPOSTYLE hip stil, hi p , the chamber in Egyptian temples in which a number of...lighting. The ruined temple of Amon at Al Karnak shows the most celebrated hypostyle hall, constructed in the XIX dynasty...
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Egyptian Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...open colonnaded courtyard was the great hypostyle hall with immense columns arranged in...for the admission of light. Behind the hypostyle hall were small sanctuaries, where only...additions; the central columns of its hypostyle hall are the largest known. In the temples...
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Temple , Edifice of Worship
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by a colonnaded passage. Beyond the court lay the majestic hypostyle hall and a variety of chambers preceding and surrounding the...monarchs and priests had access to the chambers beyond the hypostyle hall. The New Kingdom was the most active period of temple...
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Moorish Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Finished in the 9th cent., it comprised a large court surrounded by galleries and opening into a prayer room in the form of a hypostyle hall; the 9th-century mihrab is famed for its luster tile decorations. Another early monument is the Great Mosque at Cordoba...
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Karnak
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...architecture. The temple grounds extend about 1,000 ft (300 m). The western half comprises a vast court and the great hypostyle hall (388 ft by 170 ft/118 m by 52 m), with 134 columns arranged in 16 rows. The eastern half is a complex of halls...
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