Gestaltung, Funktion Und Bedeutung Antiker Treppenanlagen : Multiperspektivische Analyse Einer Transkulturellen Konstante

As part of a symposium, the approach to a culture-immanent perspective on ancient architecture was tested using the case study of "staircases". Following an introduction to the concept and research branch of Scalalogy, the volume that emerged from the symposium brings together 18 contributions to staircases in the Ancient Near East, Ancient Egypt, the Greek and Roman worlds and late antiquity. Since its earliest proven use in prehistoric times, the staircase has never lost its architectural and social importance, despite the increased use of technical aids. It is an architectural element that people all over the world depend on every day and which is also understood to this day as a symbol and carrier of meaning. Correspondingly, stairs have an enormous expressiveness with regard to culturally immanent developments of architectural symbols as well as cross-cultural principles of interpretation and are therefore a research object of only apparent marginality. The studies are devoted, inter alia, to staircases and stairwells in the temples of Tell al-'Ubayd, Khafajah and Eridu, in the royal palace of Qatna and in the Red House in Dur-Katlimmu in the Ancient Near East, in the Temple of Horus at Edfu and in the Temple of Hathor at Dendara in Ancient Egypt, in the Minoan palace of Phaistos, hidden stairways in ancient Greek temples and the stairways in Vitruvius' De Architectura, and in late antique pilgrimage centers in Asia Minor. Inhalt Einführung Vorwort Programm des Symposiums Schlosser: Steps on Steps: Scalalogical Reflections on Ancient Staircases I - Treppen im Alten Orient Quenet: Une affaire de degrés : la hauteur des terrasses des temples de Tell al-‘Ubayd et Khafajahet du premier étage de la ziggurat d’Eridu Tudeau: The Sumerian Term ga-lam/galam and the Concept of Ziggurat: A Story of Scale, Skill and Sky Kreppner / Schmid: Die Treppenanlagen im Königspalast von Qaṭna und im „Roten Haus“ in Dūr-Katlimmu: Konstruktion, Gestaltung und Nutzung von Treppen in der Palastarchitektur des 2. Jt. in Syrien und der assyrischen Elitenresidenzarchitektur der ersten Hälfte des 1. Jt. v. Chr. in Nordmesopotamien Root: Persepolis: Stairways as Dialogic Spheres of Spiritual/Social Community in Empire II - Treppen im Alten Ägypten Shaw: Rise and Fall of the Aten: Stepped Structures and Religious Theatre in Temples and Shrines at Amarna Rickert: „A Game of Thrones“: Zu einigen mutmaßlichen Treppenbezeichnungen im Horustempel von Edfu und im Hathortempel von Dendara Fauerbach: Planning and Building the Stairwells in the Pylon of Edfu, or: The Heaviest Architectural Drawing Ever Zignani: Designing Vertical Circulation. The Lessons of the Monuments of Dendara Altmann-Wendling: One Small Step for a God – One Giant Leap for a Priest? "Lunar Staircases” and Staircases to the Highest Temple Roof: a Mythological-Astronomical Construction III - Treppen in der griechischen Welt Blakolmer: Treppen im minoisch-mykenischen Griechenland: Notwendigkeit, Repräsentation und Ritual Nilsson: The Monumental Staircase of the Minoan Phaistos Palace: Origin, Context, Function Bücherl: Die Treppenanlagen des Tempels A in Selinunt Hollinshead: Steps for Display, Steps as Display in Greek Architecture Schulz-Brize: Verborgene Treppen in antiken Tempeln IV - Treppen im Römischen Reich und in der Spätantike Reitz-Joosse: Nature’s Steps: Staircases in Vitruvius’ De Architectura Held: Treppen in Tempeln des römischen Kaiserkults in Kleinasien und Rom: Kaiserkult-Mysterien und der Tempel als Sinnbild des Kosmos Karberg: Stairs and Platforms at the Building Umm Ruweim 1 (Bayuda/Northern Sudan) Sewing: Up, Down, and Around: Staircases as Architectural Indicator for the Identification of Late Antique Pilgrimage Centers in Asia Minor and Beyond Synthese Rickert / Schlosser: Antike Treppenanlagen: Ergebnisse und weiteres Forschungspotenzial Index der Ortsnamen Tafeln