Column
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A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In othe
National Capitol Columns at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.
Columns of the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland
Column of the Gordon Monument in Waterloo
Dragon pillar from the Yingzao Fashi, Song dynasty
Doric order
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The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the s
Column
…columns joined by an entablature is known as a colonnade. In Classical architecture, columns have historically had a few different "orders", notably the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, Composite, and Solomonic. All significant Iron Age civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean made some use of columns…
The Doric order of the Parthenon. Triglyphs marked "a", metopes "b", guttae "c" and mutules under the soffit "d"
The Roman Doric order from the Theater of Marcellus: triglyphs centered over the end column
Original Doric polychromy
Upper parts, labelled