Loading Page...

What do you call a Greek temple with four columns in front?

The open end of the porch, or portico, is then supported by between one and four columns in antis, that is to say, “between the antas.” The temples so constructed are called henostyle (one column), distyle (two columns), tristyle (three columns), or tetrastyle (four columns).



People Also Ask

Quick Reference. Element of a façade resembling the front of a Classical temple, with columns or pilasters carrying an entablature and pediment, applied to an elevation, as in a Palladian composition with portico (e.g. Aldrich's Peckwater Quad, Christ Church, Oxford (1707–14) ).

MORE DETAILS

One of the largest temples ever built, the Parthenon had 46 outer columns and 23 inner columns – 8 columns at either end (octastyle) and 17 on the long sides.

MORE DETAILS