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Almost everywhere you go in modern society, you can behold any one of the three types of Ancient Greek pillars: ‘Doric’, ‘Ionic’, and… ...
[5] In Greek architecture, the design of the capitals is also arranged as a function of the distribution of loads to the column so, through its simplified design, the Doric order suits lower ...
Sometimes, architects specified pilasters (a partial column projecting from a wall) rather than free-standing columns. Entablature; Like in classical Greek architecture, columns support three ...
Miss A. D. BETTS, Thorn Cottage, Byways, Berk-hamsted, Herts, writes to suggest that the fluted columns of Greek architecture were copied from plant stems, such as those of an umbelliferous plant.
During the past 2,500 years, the Parthenon—the apotheosis of ancient Greek architecture—has been rocked by earthquakes, set on fire, shattered by exploding gunpowder, looted for its stunning ...
But Greek columns and Italianate windows don’t make a building look more American to me. The trap is falling into a debate over taste or style. It’s the sort of cultural divider this president ...