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	Doric Columns and Greek Architecture - Guide To Columns
		The Doric column order, preferred style of Greek mainland and southern Italy, including Sicily, was developed by the Dorians, one of the two divisions of Greek race.
		The height of the column is known to be approximately five and one half the width of the column.
		The Doric order was being developed in the seventh century BC and perfected in the fifth century during the construction of the Parthenon of Athens.
	www.guidetocolumns.com /doric_columns.htm (137 words)

	Greek Art and Architecture - MSN Encarta
		Whereas at first Doric columns were only about four times as high as their width at the base, by 450 bc the columns were about five and a half or six times as high as their width at the base.
		The height-to-base ratio of early Ionic columns was 8 to 1, compared with a ratio between 4 to 1 and 6 to 1 for Doric columns.
		Columned porches on the north and south sides are not centered, but are placed toward the western end of the building.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561691_3/ancient_Greek_sculpture.html (2397 words)

	Greek Architecture - Crystalinks
		The capital of the Ionic column has characteristic paired scrolling volutes that are laid on the molded cap ("echinus") of the column, or spring from within it.
		All the columns are centered under a triglyph in the frieze, except for the corner columns.
		In the Roman Doric mode, columns are not invariably fluted.
	www.crystalinks.com /greekarchitecture.html (2964 words)

	fungitecture doric
		The red and white spotted pileus of the mushroom was further emphasized by the backwall to the pediment being painted a dark red to purple, while the foreground was often graced by a mass of predominately white marble sculptures arranged upon the protruding ledge of the pediment.
		Hence, the configuration of a Doric temple is not unlike a fairy ring of mushrooms, where Mother Mushroom is completely surrounded and physically supported by her offspring, as represented by the cage of Doric columns.
		The gable ends of the older Doric temples were often crowned with painted terracotta acroteria, that were usually shaped as the greater sector of a circle and decorated in radial fashion not unlike the gills radiating from the central stipe of a mushroom.
	home.iprimus.com.au /o8ty/Doric-style.htm (835 words)

	Doric Columns — Pacific Columns, Inc. (800) 294-1098
		Doric columns were much less ornate than columns of the later Ionic and Corinthian periods.
		The shaft of a Doric column was fluted, or grooved, with parallel lines that ran the length of the shaft.
		Doric columns can pull together the classical motifs that you use throughout your home or can be a valued part of an eclectic design.
	www.enduracolumns.com /doric_columns_architectural.php (273 words)

	Doric order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Temple of the Delians is a "peripteral" Doric temple, the largest of three dedicated to Apollo on the island of Delos.
		All the columns are centered under a triglyph in the frieze, except for the corner columns.
		In the Roman Doric mode, columns are not invariably fluted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doric_order (867 words)

	Wikinfo \| Doric order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Greek Doric order was the earliest of these, known from the 7th century BC and reaching its mature form in the 5th century BC.
		Early examples of the Doric order include the temples at Paestum, in southern Italy, a region called Magna Graecia, which was settled by Greek colonists and retained a strongly Hellenic culture.
		Roman Doric columns also have moldings at their bases and stand on low square pads or are even raised on plinths.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Doric_order (703 words)

	Doric
		The Doric order was developed in the lands occupied by the Dorians, one of the two principal divisions of the Greek race.
		Doric columns are generally carved with vertical, parallel channels known as
		The upper section of the column consists of a cushionlike convex molding known as an "echinus," and a square slab termed an "abacus."
	ah.bfn.org /a/DCTNRY/d/doric.html (185 words)

	Columns! Architectural Column(s) to Decorative Column.
		In architecture and structural engineering, a column is that part of a structure whose purpose is to transmitthrough compression the weight of the structure.
		Column(s) are frequently used to support beams or arches on which the upper parts of walls or ceilings rest.
		In the architecture of ancient Egypt as early as 2600 BC the architect Imhotep made use of stonecolumns whose surface was carved to reflect the organic form of bundled reeds; in later Egyptian architecture faceted cylinderswere also common.
	www.mouldings.cc /columns.html (550 words)

	Doric Greek Temples In Sicily
		The Doric column is defined by the rounded "pincushion" shape of its capital, or echinus.
		The Doric frieze consists of alternate triglyphs and metopes.
		Doric columns lack bases, and rest directly on their supporting platform (stylobate).
	www.art-and-archaeology.com /doric/doric.html (134 words)

	Doric order. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		It is generally believed that the column and its capital derive from an earlier architecture in wood.
		The entablature, which is generally about one third the column height, consists of a plain architrave, a frieze ornamented with channeled triglyphs between which are square spaces or metopes sometimes used for sculpture, and a cornice.
		The proportions, heavy in the earliest Doric columns, became more slender in the perfected type, the entasis became less sharp, and the echinus projection was diminished.
	www.bartleby.com /65/do/Doricord.html (399 words)

	Wood Columns, Fiberglass Columns: Decorative and Architectural Columns
		Egyptian column shafts, which were usually decorated with colorful hieroglyphs, remain some of the most interesting architectural elements in Egyptian structures.
		Decorative columns may be ordered with true architectural entasis in sizes consistent with the classic proportions of the Greek Doric, Tuscan, Roman Doric, Ionic and Corinthian Orders, or in custom shaft diameters up to 36” and lengths to 30’.
		The top of each column is profiled according to the style specified, and the entire column is machine sanded to ensure a smooth finish.
	www.tin-ceiling-tiles.com /columns.htm (734 words)

	Tours: Doric Hall
		It is located two floors beneath the dome and its appearance, although close to the original, was changed by the major restoration of the Bulfinch Front at the turn of the 20th century.
		The original Doric columns were pine tree trunks which were carved on the front lawn of the State House.
		The present columns, installed as a fireproofing measure, are copies made of practical iron and plaster.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /trs/trsbok/dor.htm (418 words)

	Carthage - Classics - Greek Architecture
		Doric columns, normally with six on short ends and 13 on the dies; have no bases; 20 flutes meeting in a sharp aris; monolithic shafts rare after 6th century
		Relationship between the lower diameter of the column and the height of the column moved from 1:4.7 in the temple of Zeus at Olympia, and 1:6.4 on the temple of Zeus at Nemea (330 BCE) and 1:6.2 in the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea (Peloponnesos)
		The column bases are Attic, with the spreading of the concave member of the bottom; this is also seen in the temple of Athena Nike on the Akropolis and the temple of Apollo at Bassai, with the upper part of the column base having torus, scotia, then another torus.
	www.carthage.edu /outis/grarchitect.html (1068 words)

	The Doric Order
		These columns were built of separate drums which were joined by metal dowels.
		The entablature of the Doric temple has a frieze made up of triglyphs (which means "three-grooves") and metopes--the spaces between the triglyphs.
		Not only is the column squatty and ungraceful, but the capital is disproportionately large.
	www.bluffton.edu /~humanities/art/grk/archtctr/doric.htm (352 words)

	Observer \| Know your Doric columns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Doric columns rest directly on the ground and support the beams above with a simple cushion, called an echinus, and a square plate, or abacus.
		The first Doric columns were short and squat, only about four times as high as they were broad.
		The Doric columns on the porch of Fife House, the Duke of Devonshire's seaside hideaway on the seafront at Brighton, were designed by Charles Busby in the 1820s.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5178213-102272,00.html (257 words)

	Parthenon
		The Parthenon is a temple of the Doric order with eight columns at the façade, and seventeen columns at the flanks, conforming to the established ratio of 9:4.
		The placement of columns behind the statue was an unusual development since in previous Doric temples they only appeared on the flanks, but the greater width and length of the Parthenon allowed for a dramatic backdrop of double decked columns instead of a wall.
		While the integration of Doric and Ionic elements on the same temple was not a new development in Greek architecture, it was rare, and bestowed on the Parthenon a delicate balance between austere and delicate visual characteristics.
	www.ancient-greece.org /architecture/parthenon.html (924 words)

	Olympia - Pathways to Ancient Myth
		Standing on a platform, the temple is in the Doric peripteral style (six columns by thirteen columns), with impressively decorated pediments.
		The entrance of the prodomos had two Doric columns, supporting a frieze of trigylphs and metopes depicting the labors of Herakles.
		The cella was lined with two colonnades of seven Doric columns, which supported a second tier, forming a gallery from which pilgrims could get a better view of the great statue of Zeus.
	www.calvin.edu /academic/clas/pathways/olympia/oalt2.htm (230 words)

	Turncraft - manufacturer of Posts and newels
		Turncraft Columns are the choice of so many architects and builders for both exterior and interior applications because they feature thoughtful product design, fine workmanship, superior assembly, precision turning and fluting, and artful finishing.
		Poly-Classic Columns are architecturally proportioned from rotocast fiberglass-reinforced polymer—the most advanced construction material in the world—so pound for pound they’re stronger than concrete, steel, or aluminum.
		The depth of the flute is approximately 1/6 of the flute width.
	www.arcat.com /arcatcos/cos36/arc36163.html (938 words)

	Greek Doric Columns - Greek Ionic Stone Columns
		Doric columns originate from Greece, and are seen famously on the Parthenon.
		The pattern known to the Doric column is generally very similar to the well known fluted column, except the grooved sections are in some cases curved.
		Nowadays Doric columns are being exclusively used as ornamental features in residential homes, whether it is outside or inside the home.
	www.thecanterastonesource.com /columns-1.htm (886 words)

	Indiana Freemasons Online
		The Doric, while used by both the Greeks and the Romans, was the first of the three Greek orders, and it also is the most simple and sturdy of the three.
		The Doric columns were 34 feet and 3 inches high, 6 feet and 3 inches in diameter at the base and 4 feet and 7 inches at the top.
		Its column is eight diameters high, and has seldom any ornaments on base or capital, except mouldings; though the frieze is distinguished by triglyphs and metopes, and triglyphs compose the ornaments of the frieze.
	www.indianafreemasons.com /imomiddle/legeman/part-2.html (1662 words)

	Classical Orders of Architecture
		Of the three columns found in Greece, Doric columns are the simplest.
		Doric, like most Greek styles, works well horizontally on buildings, that's why it was so good with the long rectangular buildings made by the Greeks.
		Unlike the Doric and Ionian cornices, which are at a slant, the Corinthian roofs are flat.
	www.cmhpf.org /kids/dictionary/ClassicalOrders.html (608 words)

	Column \| Porch Column \| Decorative Column \| Architectural Column
		Columns have been at the foundation of human society for milennia.
		Though columns have evolved over the years, they remain an important element of architure today.
		From the ornate beauty of a Roman Corinthian column to the settle style of the Tuscan column, the simple addition of columns to a residential or business structure can bring sophistication to an otherwise dull design.
	www.columns4you.com /index.htm (83 words)

	Doric Columns, Tuscan Columns, Porch Columns, Doric Order, Architectural History, by Pacific Columns! 1.800.294.1098
		Doric Columns are characterized by the twenty column flutes that come to a point around the column shaft.
		Each Doric Column is topped with a smooth capital that flares from the column to meet a square abacus.
		To be architecturally correct, the height of a Doric Column is to be approximately five and one half the width of the column.
	www.polyclassiccolumns.com /doric-columns.htm (210 words)

	GRS 22: Forum: Quiz 1: Best Answers
		The shaft of the columns are fluted, and they are topped by an entablature consisting of an architrave, a frieze and a cornice.
		Not as common to all Doric temples but still pretty typical was the use of angle contraction at the Temple of Zues.
		That is why the distance between the corner columns and those closest to them is smaller; the column was squeezed back under the entablature for aesthetic purposes.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~grs4/forum/quiz2/best.html (2010 words)

	Architectural Styles of Classical Columns
		Its shaft is more slender than the shaft of the Doric column and the capital is distinguished by a pair of volutes (which look like rams' horns) back and front beneath which the necking is generally embellished.
		While the flutings of the Doric columns meet in a sharp angle, the flutings of the Ionic column are separated from each other by a narrow flat band.
		The Corinthian column evolved in the second century BC and continued to be a popular element in Roman architecture.
	deckandpatio.bobvila.com /Article/513.html (430 words)

	Tapered Column History - Columns.net 2006
		Round tapered columns have a history rooted deeply in the architecture of the Ancient Greeks.
		In the original Greek version, Doric columns were placed on flat pavement with no base and were topped by a smooth capital.
		Made of a variety of materials, tapered round columns can be manufactured to withstand the elements of the outside or fit nicely inside the home offering an exquisite appearance that will impress any visitor.
	columns.net /taperedhistory.htm (233 words)

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