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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. Category:Orders of columns - Wikipedia

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    The Classical orders of columns are defined by 5 types of columns: Greek Doric order; Ionic order; Corinthian order; Roman Tuscan order; Composite order;

  4. 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.

  5. Category:Corinthian columns - Wikipedia

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  6. 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

  7. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens - Wikipedia

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    The columns would stand 17 m (56 ft) high and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in diameter. The building material was changed to the expensive but high-quality Pentelic marble and the order was changed from Doric to Corinthian, marking the first time that this order had been used on the exterior of a major temple. However, the project ground to a halt again in ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. List of Greek and Roman architectural records - Wikipedia

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    Pompey's Pillar, the highest free-standing monolithic ancient Corinthian column (26.85 m) The tallest victory column in Constantinople was the Column of Theodosius, which no longer exists, with the height of its top above ground being c. 50 m. [25] The Column of Arcadius, whose 10.5 m base alone survives, was c. 46.1 m high. [26]