Callimachus (sculptor)
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Callimachus was an architect and sculptor working in the second half of the 5th century BC in the manner established by Polyclitus. He was credited with work in both Athens and Corinth and was probabl
The Venus Genetrix, sometimes attributed to him.
Corinthian order
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The Corinthian order is the last developed and most ornate of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric order, which was th
Callimachus (sculptor)
…penchant for elaborately detailed sculptures or drapery, though few securely attributed works by him survive. Callimachus is credited with inventing the Corinthian order, which Roman architects erected into one of the Classical orders. The Corinthian order is one of the three classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman…
Corinthian peripteros of the Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon, unknown architect, 150–250
Corinthian columns from the Pantheon, Rome, unknown architect, c. 114–124 AD, which provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects
Frieze and capitals of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens, unknown architect, 330s BC, one of the earliest surviving examples
Bucrania with festoons decorating the Temple of Vesta from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli