HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Ionic columns started to use simple lines.
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Corinthian columns were more decorative.
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Doric columns replaced Corinthian columns.
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Corinthian columns began to use simple features.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Doric Order of Greek architecture Doric-style columns were typically placed close together, often without bases, with concave curves sculpted into the shafts. Doric column capitals were plain with a rounded section at the bottom (the echinus) and a square at the top (abacus).
Detailed explanation-2: -Corinthian-The most decorative of the three orders was the Corinthian. The capital was decorated with scrolls and the leaves of the acanthus plant.
Detailed explanation-3: -Corinthian columns were the last and most decorative of the Greek columns, adding decorative base, fluted column and caps that included acanthus leaves and carved detailing.
Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: Ionic columns started to use simple lines. Corinthian columns replaced Ionic columns. Doric columns replaced Corinthian columns.
Detailed explanation-5: -More slender and more ornate than the masculine Doric style, an Ionic column has scroll-shaped ornaments on the capital, which sits at the top of the column shaft. Ionic columns are said to be a more feminine response to the earlier Doric order.