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Jul 4, 2018 · Five stand-out buildings from American history are based on ancient Greek architecture, most of them standing proud in Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital and home of the president and the congressional office buildings.
During the American Renaissance movement, from the 1880s to the 1940s, the Erechtheum Ionic was the preferred version of the Greek Ionic orders. Examples of the order can be seen on facades, porticos, and porches in most any city or town throughout the United States. Erechtheum Ionic spotting thus can be an engaging pastime for architectural buffs.
Jun 27, 2019 · The earliest source for the classification of classical architecture into distinct orders is De Architectura (“About Architecture”), written by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (ca. 80/70 BC to ca. 15 BC or later). In the third and fourth books of his famous work, he describes the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, and mentions the Tuscan order in ...
The Capitol’s interior includes columns that adapt all three classical orders of architecture, some modelled on famous classical buildings: the Doric columns in the Crypt quote columns from the fifth-century BCE Temple of Apollo on the Greek island of Delos; the Ionic columns in the Old Senate Chamber were inspired by the late fifth-century ...
The use of Doric columns in the South Portico of the White House is significant for several reasons. The Doric order is the simplest and oldest of the classical orders of architecture, known for its sturdy and unadorned columns.
The column capitals are a variation on the Corinthian order, incorporating not only classical acanthus leaves but also thistles and native American tobacco plants.
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May 2, 2018 · Broadly speaking, there are five classic architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, of Greek character, and the orders Tuscan and Composite, of Roman character.