Ionic Order -- A classical order characterized by a capital with spiral scrolls, called volutes.
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Ionic Order
Second of the three Greek orders. Its capital is decorated with spiral scrolls (volutes).
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Ionic Order
An order of classical Greek architecture characterized by two opposed volutes in the capital.
Ionic order: late Greek style of column and capital.
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Ionic order - a classical order distinguished by a capital with spiral scrolls, called volutes and generally dentil courses. This order is more elaborate than the Doric but less so than the Corinthian.
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Ionic Order
One of the basic orders of architecture invented by the Greeks. Ionic architecture was developed by the Ionians in Greece prior to 500 B.C.. An Ionic column has a small base, a thin elegant shaft, and a capital composed of volutes.
Ionic Order
One of five orders of classical architecture, the others being: Tuscan, Doric, Corinthian and Composite. The Ionic and Doric styles were widely used in ancient Greece and later adopted by the Romans.
The Ionic order is also marked by an entasis, a curved tapering in the column shaft. A column of the ionic order is nine or lower diameters. The shaft itself is eight diameters high.
Ionian order, Ionic order - the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls
Corinthian order - the last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves ...
IONIC ORDER: an order that originated in Asia Minor in the mid-sixth century B.C.
VOLUTE (Lat. volutum, volvere, to roll up), in architecture, the spiral scroll of the capital of the Ionic order.
The Ionic order originated in the cities on the islands and coasts of Asia Minor, which were more exposed to Asian and Egyptian influences; it featured capitals with spiral volutes, a more slender shaft with quite different fluting, ...
Echinus - a convex moulding forming part of the capital in doric and ionic orders, below the abacus.
Entablature - the upper part of an order, consisting of cornice, frieze and architrave. Essentially the beam which spans between columns.
Ionic capital: A capital used originally by the Greeks in a system of supports called the Ionic order. The Ionic order is based on a set of proportions and includes a particular kind of column base and lintel as well as capital.
The Ionic column, or Ionic order, is historically classified by Italian architects, as one of three orders built by Greeks. Many structures are seen displaying Ionic columns, and examples are seen throughout the world.
The final order would be the Ionic order. Their columns were more slender than those of the Doric order. Their dimensions were eight to nine meters high, instead of four to five.
orders of architectureThe Greeks recognized three Orders in architecture: the Doric Order, the Ionic Order and the Corinthian Order. Each was a style for treating a column with its base, shaft and capital.
The Ionic Order of architecture was seen during both ancient Greek and Roman civilizations though in Greek architecture the shafts are more likely to be fluted and in Roman architecture they are more likely to be plain.
Volute - Spiral, scrolling form. The basis for the Ionic order consoles or brackets are often based on a volute.
Voussoirs - Trapezoidal shaped blocks of an arch, laid in compression, culminating in the keystone.
Entablature of a Classical building in the Ionic order
A Handbook of Architectural Styles by A. Rosengarten, 1898
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an ornamental bracket used in a series under the cornice of the Corinthian, Composite or Roman Ionic orders
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International Style - US term referring to what in Europe was Modern Movement of the early 20th century; the style featured undercoated cubic forms, white rendering and a horizontal aspect emphasisied in large windows.
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 See also: Ionic, Classical, Greek, Trave, House
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