Corinthian Column
Definition:
The word Corinthian describes a column style developed in ancient Greece and set down in the Classical Orders for Architecture.
The Corinthian column, historically known as the Corinthian order, is seen on many different structural buildings as well as distinguished homes. In Washington D.C., you are able to see eight massive Corinthian pillars in the National Building Museum.
Corinthian column: The slenderest and most ornate of the three classical Greek columns, including tallest base of the three classical Greek orders ...
corinthian column In classical architecture, a column decorated at the top with a mixed bag of curlicues, scrolls and other lavish ornamentation.
crenellation A regular series of gaps in the low wall at the edge of a roof.
Corinthian
Corinthian columns have capitals with two rows of carved acanthus leaves and four spirals sprouting over the leaves. This style of column was originally Greek but used most widely by the Romans.
More about Corinthian columns and the Corinthian order
Cornice
The top element of the entablature including the following elements: the cyma, the corona and the bed-moulding.
The portico is supported by Corinthian columns. Clearly Bramante was aware of the principles set out by Vitruvius and Alberti, and he has followed the ideas of proportion very closely.
APOPHYGE (Gr. a r04vyi, a flying off), in architecture, the lowest part of the shaft of an Ionic or Corinthian column, or the highest member of its base if the column be considered as a whole.
City Hall has pairs of Corinthian columns and the typical flat Corinthian roof. The coumns have entasis. If you go see City Hall in person, the shafts will look straight to your eye, but they aren't! ...
" Specifically, the lowest element in the entablatures of the Ionic and Corinthian columnar orders, with two or three stepped-back faces, but by extension, the frame around windows, doors, and arches in Renaissance architecture.
2. Architecture A design patterned after the leaves of one of these plants, used especially on the capitals of Corinthian columns.
[New Latin Acanthus, genus name, from Greek akanthos, thorn plant, from akantha, thorn.] ...
volute - A spiral scroll-like ornament commonly found on Ionic, Composite or Corinthian columns. (p. 44, p. 52, p. 59).
wave or running dog - Greek ornamental design to look like a course of waves.
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A Doric column can be described as seven diameters high, an Ionic column as eight diameters high and a Corinthian column nine diameters high.
Corinthian (latest and most ornate Order) Corinthian columns are slender, usually fluted, with capitals elaborately carved with acanthus leaves.
coping - a cap or covering on top of a wall, either flat or sloping, to shed water ...
temples for the exterior coupled with a striking steeple evoking medieval references, leading into a light, elegant interior characterized by a flattened barrel vault in the nave and delicate domes in the side aisles supported by Corinthian columns.
Grand Columns: Ionic or Corinthian columns or pilasters that often extend two stories.
Decorative Façade: Ornate details on doorways, cornices, and windows.
Double-hung symmetrically placed windows ...
 See also: Corinthian, Architecture, Classical, House, Ionic
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