Naiskos
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The naiskos (Greek ναΐσκος, from νάος, "temple") is a small temple in Classical order with columns or pillars and pediment. Often applied as an artificial motif, it is not rare in ancient art.
It also found in classical architecture, particularly in the funeral architecture of the ancient Attic Cemeteries as grave reliefs or shrines with statues like the example of Kerameikos in Athens and in the black- and redfigured Pottery of Ancient Greece at the Loutrophoros and the Lekythos. Although such naiskoi often draw portraits of men who died, they lack columns and are properly "grave stelae" in English-language schlarship.
There also exist Naiskoi-type figurines or other types of temples formed in terracotta; examples abound at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The naiskos everywhere has a religious background, relating especially to Greek funerary cult.
A similar style is observed in Roman art, called the Aedicula.
