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Author(s): W. H. Goodyear
ISBN(s): 9781607244325, 1607244322
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 4.42 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1607244322
ISBN 13: 9781607244325
Author: Goodyear

This paper argues that the Ionic capital used in Greek architecture derives from Egyptian lotus motifs via Cypriot art. Includes black and white plates illustrating the argument, and makes a convincing case for the development and spread of the Ionic column to mainland Greece.

Egyptian Origin of the Ionic Capital and of the Anthemion Analecta Gorgiana 1st Table of contents:

I. The Ionic capital is of Egyptian origin, derived from a conventional form of lotus.

  • Demonstration from Kypriote vases, Kypriote Ionic steles, and capitals.

  • The Assyrian Proto-Ionic is derived from Egypt.

II. The anthemion and the Greek palmette are developments from Egyptian lotus motives.

  • Demonstration from vases of Rhodos and Melos.

III. The Rosette is a distinctively Egyptian lotus motive.

  • Demonstration from monuments and botanic forms.

  • The Assyrian rosette is derived from it.

IV. An Egyptian lotus-palmette precedes the Assyrian palmette, which is derived from it.

  • The original form combines a voluted lotus with the lotus-rosette.

  • Demonstration from Egyptian transition motives.

V. The Assyrian “Sacred Tree” belongs to a cult where the lotus plays a role and is a lotus “tree.”

VI. The “egg and dart” and “egg and leaf” mouldings are derived from an Egyptian lotus border.

  • Demonstration from Kypros and Naukratis.

VII. The geometric triangle motives on archaic Greek vases and their Phoenician predecessors are lotus derivatives.

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