Ionic order
The Ionic order is one of the three main classical orders (styles) of ancient Greek and Roman architecture.[1] The other two are the Doric order and the Corinthian order (which gave rise to the Composite order).[2] The Ionic capital is notable for its use of volutes.[3] The Ionic columns normally stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform. The cap is usually enriched with egg-and-dart.[4] It was a popular style in Athens.[5] The Athenians considered themselves Ionians.[5]
Ionic Order Media
Architects' first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)
Ionic order: 1 – entablature, 2 – column, 3 – pediment, 4 – frieze, 5 – architrave or epistyle, 6 – capital (composed of abacus and volutes), 7 – shaft, 8 – base, 9 – stylobate, 10 – krepis
Ionic capital at the Erechtheum (Athens), 5th century BC
Original polychromy in Ionic temples
The Sphinx of Naxos on its Ionic column, 560 BC
Ionic capital in the Great Court of the British Museum, London
Scamozzian Ionic capitals on Castle Coole portico
Etching by Piranesi of the Temple of Portunus; the volute at a corner (bottom left) projects at 45°
Metal and glass door between a pair of Ionic columns, in Paris
Ionic pilasters on the façade of the Gare du Nord from Paris
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References
- ↑ "Ionic Order of Greek Architecture: Definition & Example Buildings". Study.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "Greek architectural orders". Khan Academy. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ionic Order". University of Chicago. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ James Stevens Curl, Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms (New York: Norton, 2003), p. 24
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fred Kleiner, Gardner's Art through the Ages: Backpack Edition, Book 1 (Boston: Wadsworth, 2013), p. 116
