Doric Column. In ancient Greece, the shaft would have set directly on the ground, without a base.
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The Doric column order, preferred style of Greek mainland and southern Italy, including Sicily, was developed by the Dorians, one of the two divisions of Greek race.
Doric column: Heavy, fluted column with plain saucer-shaped capital and no base
Doric columns are generally carved with vertical, parallel channels known as flutes, which should, properly speaking, number twenty.
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A Greek-style column with only a simple decoration around the top, usually a smooth or slightly rounded band of wood, stone or plaster.
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Doric Column - Column with plain capital, no base or fluting
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On a Doric column, the necking appears as a plain section beneath the capital and above the astragal.
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On a Greek Doric column, an ovolo or wide convex moulding below the abacus or top part of the capital.Edge railOn a railway, a rail on which flanged wheels can run. Compare plate rail.
On the first level Doric columns, on the second Ionic, on the third Corinthian and the top story has Corinthian pilasters.
Of the three columns found in Greece, Doric columns are the simplest. They have a capital (the top, or crown) made of a circle topped by a square. The shaft (the tall part of the column) is plain and has 20 sides.
Doric (earliest and simplest) Doric columns usually have no base; the shaft is thick and broadly fluted, the capital is plain.
Ionic (second) Ionic columns are usually slender, with fluted shafts, and prominent volutes on the capital.
Monotriglyph - interval of the intercolumniation of the Doric column, which is observed by the intervention of one triglyph only between the triglyphs which come over the axes of the columns.
The interpretation of his meaning by Penrose and other authorities is generally assumed to be the addition which it was necessary to leave on the lower frusta of the Doric column, or on the lower portion of the base of the Ionic column, ...
The Iliad, the Hamlet, the Doric column, the Roman arch, the Gothic minster, the German anthem, when they are ended, the master casts behind him.
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From the time of the ancient Greeks, the high Doric columns and imposing pediment were meant to impress. This mixture of elements was originally used for temples, thus the term "temple front".
Doric One of five classical orders, recognizable by its simple capital. The Greek Doric column has a fluted shaft and no base; the Roman Doric column may be fluted or smooth and rests on a molded base.
The shallow concave channels cut vertically into the shaft of a column or pilaster. In Doric columns, they meet in a sharp edge (arris); in Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite columns, they are separated by a narrow strip.
the slight bulging of a Doric column, which is at its greatest about one third of the distance from the base.
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Hypotrachelium - The groove round a Doric column between the shaft and the necking.
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Base (cf. pedestal, plinth) - The lowest part of a column, (unless the base rests on a pedestal). Greek Doric columns uniquely have no base.
 See also: Doric, Architecture, Greek, Capital, Roman
  
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