Ionic

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Ionic is one of the three classical orders of ancient Greek architecture, distinguished by its slender, fluted columns and characteristic scroll-shaped volutes on the capitals.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ionic order 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural order
classical order
aestheticQuality less ornate than Corinthian
more ornate than Doric
baseFeature molded base
capitalFeature egg-and-dart molding
paired volutes
contrastedWith Corinthian order NERFINISHED
Doric order NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
developedInRegion Ionia NERFINISHED
distinguishedBy fluted columns
scroll-shaped volutes
slender columns
entablatureFeature continuous frieze
three-fascia architrave
hasBaseType Ionic base
hasCapitalType Ionic capital
hasCharacteristicElement volute
hasColumnType Ionic column
hasPart base
capital
column
entablature
hasSiblingOrder Corinthian order NERFINISHED
Doric order NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece NERFINISHED
Classical Greece NERFINISHED
influenced Neoclassical architecture NERFINISHED
Renaissance architecture
Roman Ionic order NERFINISHED
namedAfter Ionia NERFINISHED
oneOf three classical orders
partOf ancient Greek architecture
classical architecture
shaftFeature 24 flutes
separated by fillets
typicalColumnProportion height about nine column diameters
more slender than Doric
typicalLocationOnBuilding inner colonnades
upper stories
usedFor civic architecture
monumental architecture
religious architecture
usedIn Greek temples
Roman temples
public buildings
stoas

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Temple of Hera hasColumnOrder Ionic
subject surface form: Temple of Hera (Samos)