09
April 2025

Dwellings for the Gods: The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Greek Temple

Welcome to The Arts Society Mid Sussex
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 10:30
Online Event

This talk examines the art and architecture of the ancient Greek temple: how did the design emerge as it did?

What is the significance of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns? We will look at the temple of Zeus at Olympia as a worked example, and finish by examining the legacy of Greek temple design in neo-classical and modern architecture.  

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr James Renshaw

Following a degree in Classics from Oxford University, I have taught Classics at secondary school level since 1998, and currently teach at Godolphin and Latymer in London; here I run the school’s Ancient World Breakfast Club, which has an ethos similar to that of The Arts Society. 

Since 1998, I have published a number of textbooks related to the classical world, including In Search of the Greeks and In Search of the Romans. In addition to my school teaching, I have also lectured for the V&A Academy, most recently on their Classical World and its Afterlife and Classicism from the Ancients to the Renaissance courses. I am a keen traveller, and am lucky enough to have taken many photos of ancient sites, a number of which have been used in my books.