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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. Votive column - Wikipedia

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    A votive column (also votive pillar) is the combination of a column (pillar) and a votive image. [1] The presence of columns supporting votive sculptures in Ancient Greek temples is well attested since at least the Archaic period. The oldest known example of a Corinthian column is in the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae in

  5. Category:Orders of columns - Wikipedia

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    English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... The Classical orders of columns are defined by 5 types of columns: ... Corinthian columns (8 P)

  6. Category:Corinthian columns - Wikipedia

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  7. Fluting (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Top of a Corinthian column in Rome, showing the flat fillets. Columns in buildings of the Doric order were almost always fluted; [3] the unfluted columns of the temple of Segesta in Sicily are one of the reasons that archaeologists believe the temple was never completed, probably because of war. They demonstrate that the plain columns, made of ...

  8. Nelson's Column - Wikipedia

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    The winning entry, chosen by the sub-committee headed by the Duke of Wellington was a design by William Railton for a Corinthian column, surmounted by a statue of Nelson, and flanked by four sculpted lions. Flights of steps would lead up between the lions to the pedestal of the column. [6] Several other entrants also submitted schemes for columns.

  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.