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  2. Corinthian order - Wikipedia

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    A single Corinthian column stands free, centered within the cella. This is a mysterious feature, and archaeologists debate what this shows: some state that it is simply an example of a votive column. A few examples of Corinthian columns in Greece during the next century are all used inside temples. A more famous example, and the first ...

  3. Classical order - Wikipedia

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    The Corinthian order is the most elaborated of the Greek orders, characterized by a slender fluted column having an ornate capital decorated with two rows of acanthus leaves and four scrolls. The shaft of the Corinthian order has 24 flutes. The column is commonly ten diameters high.

  4. Category:Corinthian columns - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Corinthian columns" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Corinthian order; C.

  5. Category:Orders of columns - Wikipedia

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    Corinthian columns (8 P) Pages in category "Orders of columns" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Archaic Greek alphabets - Wikipedia

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    Corinthian black-figure column-krater, showing the name ΗΙΠΠΟΛΥΤΟΣ (Hippolytos) in Corinthian script. The Doric dialect of Corinth was written in a distinctive alphabet that belonged to the "eastern" ("dark blue") type as far as its treatment of /pʰ, kʰ, ps, ks/ was concerned, but differed from the Ionic and classical alphabet in ...

  7. Volute - Wikipedia

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    A volute is a spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the capital of the Ionic column. It was later incorporated into Corinthian order and Composite column capitals. Four are normally to be found on an Ionic capital, eight on Composite capitals and smaller versions (sometimes called helix) on the ...

  8. David Murdock Column: On 18 years of writing a weekly column

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    David Murdock on 18 years of writing this column and how he has changed subjects and styles through the years.

  9. Ionic order - Wikipedia

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    There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite order. Of the three classical canonic orders, the Corinthian order has the narrowest columns, followed by the Ionic order, with the Doric order having the widest columns. The Ionic capital is characterized by the use of volutes.