Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Greek Art] Reference
If the portico were formed merely by a row of columns without the aid of walls it was called a prostyle temple; if the same construction were also placed at the rear of the building it was amphiprostyle. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Athens, Philo set up columns in front before the temple, and made it prostyle. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The amphiprostyle is in all other respects like the prostyle, but has besides, in the rear, the same arrangement of columns and pediment. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The prostyle is in all respects like the temple in antis, except that at the corners, opposite the antae, it has two columns, and that it has architraves not only in front, as in the case of the temple in antis, but also one to the right and one to the left in the wings. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
I see him at a school that runs a prostyle like UGA or USCw. From Wordnik.com. [Tomahawk Nation] Reference
In most cases the exterior of the cella in prostyle temples was decorated by engaged columns. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
Despite working with prostyle quarterback coaches, Tebow is expected to show little changes on the field. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Although Newton is widely considered an option-style quarterback, his father said he wants to play at a school that will allow him to develop his skills as a prostyle passer. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
In Greece proper there is no known instance of a peripteral Ionic temple, but the order was sometimes used for small prostyle and amphiprostyle buildings, such as the Temple of. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Greek Art] Reference
In the latter, excepting in the prostyle temple, the front had hardly any distinctive characteristic, in the peripteral, amphiprostyle, and other temples the back and front were alike. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
But of what prostyle, and of the i was recoilless rarely and premier on the easel of the culbertson insomuch specs, i mauritanian clotheshorse that i hum languidly wardress what i phonics told you structurally and pointlessly asunder. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
Among them are a Roman bridge and a rock-hewn theatre, with nine tiers of seats and an orchestra fifty-seven feet in diameter, also a nymphaeum, an aqueduct, a large prostyle temple with portico and colonnades, and a peripteral temple preceded by a double colonnade. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
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