American archaeologist and architectural historian (1952–2015)
Barbara A. Barletta (August 6, 1952 in
Carmel, California – February 1, 2015 in
Gainesville, Florida) was a prominent American Classical archaeologist and architectural historian.
Barletta's scholarship, in particular, focused on the history of the
Greek architectural orders.[4] Scholarly reviews of her work on the origin of the Greek orders praised her scholarship for making unique and important contributions.[5] This scholarship considered regionalism and its influence in the emergence of the canonical Greek architectural orders.[6]
Publications
1981. Ionic component in the monumental art of archaic Sicily Ph.D. dissertation,
Bryn Mawr College.
1983. Ionic influence in Archaic Sicily : the monumental art. Gothenburg: P. Åström Forlag.
1990. "An "Ionian Sea" Style in Archaic Doric Architecture." American Journal of Archaeology 94.1:45-72.
1993. “Some Ionic Architectural Elements from Selinus in the Getty." In Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum: Volume 1.[7]
1997. "The Draped Kouros Type and the Workshop of the Syracuse Youth." American Journal of Archaeology' '91.2:233-246.
1996. “The Campanian Tradition in Archaic Architecture,” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 41:1-67.
2001. The origins of the Greek architectural orders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2003. Review of L' Architecture grecque. Vol. 1, Les principes de la construction by M.-C. Hellman, American Journal of Archaeology 107.2:309-310.
2009. "In Defense of the Ionic Frieze of the Parthenon." American Journal of Archaeology 113.4:547-568.
2010. Review of Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640–510 B.C. by Nancy Winter, American Journal of Archaeology114.3.
2011. "Greek Architecture." American Journal of Archaeology 115.4:611-640.
2012. Review of Lydian Architecture: Ashlar Masonry Structures at Sardis By Christopher Ratté, American Journal of Archaeology116.4
Barbara A. Barletta; William B. Dinsmoor;
Homer A. Thompson. 2014. The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion. Princeton NJ: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens.