Ionic order

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The Ionic order is one of the classical Greek architectural styles, distinguished by its slender, fluted columns and scrolled volute capitals, widely revived in later Western architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural order
classical order
capitalFeature egg-and-dart molding
paired volutes on each side
commonlyUsedFor civic buildings
stoas
temples
contrastsWith Doric order
developedDuring 6th century BCE
documentedBy Vitruvius
entablatureFeature three-fascia architrave
follows Doric order
friezeFeature continuous sculpted frieze
hasBaseType Attic base
hasCapitalType volute capital
hasCharacteristic bases under columns
entablature with continuous frieze
entasis on columns
fluted columns
more decorative than Doric order
slender columns
taller column height relative to diameter
volute capitals
hasColumnFeature 24 flutes typically
separated flutes with fillets
hasComponent architrave
base
capital
column
cornice
entablature
frieze
influenced Composite order
Roman Ionic order
originatedIn Ionia
eastern Greek world
partOf classical architecture
precedes Corinthian order
relatedTo Corinthian order
revivedIn 18th century architecture
19th century architecture
symbolizes elegance
femininity in classical theory
typicalProportion column height about nine times column diameter
usedIn Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Classical Greek architecture
surface form: Greek architecture

Hellenistic architecture
Neoclassical architecture
Renaissance architecture
Roman architecture

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erechtheion architecturalStyle Ionic order
Altes Museum, Berlin columnOrder Ionic order
subject surface form: Altes Museum
Roman architecture columnOrderUsed Ionic order
Doric order contrastedWith Ionic order
Corinthian order follows Ionic order
Classical period hasArtisticStyle Ionic order
Philippeion hasColumnOrder Ionic order
Corinthian order moreOrnateThan Ionic order
Temple of Saturn order Ionic order
Callicrates style Ionic order
Palazzo Rucellai usesOrder Ionic order
Siphnian Treasury usesOrder Ionic order