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    There were three main styles of columns in ancient Greek architecture: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric column was plain and sturdy, representing strength. The Ionic column had a more delicate appearance with scrolls. The Corinthian column, the most ornate of the three, had leaves and flowers decorating its capital. Each column represented different aesthetics and conveyed different meanings.

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    There were three main styles of columns in ancient Greek architecture: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric column was plain and sturdy, representing strength. The Ionic column had a more delicate appearance with scrolls. The Corinthian column, the most ornate of the three, had leaves and flowers decorating its capital. Each column represented different aesthetics and conveyed different meanings.

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    There were three main styles of columns in ancient Greek architecture: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric column was plain and sturdy, representing strength. The Ionic column had a more delicate appearance with scrolls. The Corinthian column, the most ornate of the three, had leaves and flowers decorating its capital. Each column represented different aesthetics and conveyed different meanings.

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    THE GREEK COLUMNS

    DEVELOPMENT & USE

    KATHRYN URSENBACH
    HUMANITIES 101
    There are three different styles (also
    called Orders) of Greek architecture:

    DORIC IONIC CORINTHIAN


    THE DORIC COLUMN
    • Developed around the 6th century B.C.

    • Used in Greece until about 100 BC


    • No Base
    • Shaft is wider at the bottom
    • Shaft has 20 flutes
    • Smooth, round capitals (tops)
    • No carvings or other ornaments
    The Doric column is oftentimes associated with
    strength and masculinity.
    The Parthenon Temple
    THE IONIC COLUMN

    • First used in the mid-6th century BC


    • Stands on a base of stacked disks
    • Shafts are usually fluted, but can be plain
    • A pair of volutes (scroll-shaped ornaments)
    decorates the capital

    Roman historian Vitruvius compared this delicate


    order to a female form, in contrast to the stockier
    "male" Doric order.
    The Temple of
    Athena Nike
    in Athens, Greece
    THE CORINTHIAN COLUMN
    • Probably invented by Callimachus, a Greek
    sculptor and architect who lived in the 5th
    century BC

    • Named after Corinth, a city in Greece


    • Developed in Athens, Greece
    • Rarely used in Greece
    • Fluted (grooved) shaft
    • Capital decorated with scrolls, acanthus
    leaves, and flowers

    • Ornaments on the capital flare outwards,


    suggesting a sense of height
    Temple of
    Olympian Zeus
    in Athens, Greece.
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    Help and Videos - For Dummies. Web. 11 Sept. 2011. <http://www.dummies.com/how-
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