Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail (base, capital & entablature) Classical Ionic order. Temple of Athene (Minerva) at Priene. The Ionic order of Greek architecture is characterized by column with scroll shapes on either side of the capital

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Plan of Ionic angle capital. The Ionic order of Greek architecture is characterized by column with scroll shapes on either side of the capital (the capital is the top of the column) square

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Capital (The head of a pillar or column) from the Tower of the Winds, Athens. c100-50 BC. This tower, known as the Horologion ("Timepiece") is an octagonal structure, 42 feet high and 26 feet i

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Capital from the Monument of Lysicrates, Athens. c. 330 BC This is a choragic monument, i. e. one erected to display a prize for athletic or choral excellence won at a festival. This is the only s

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art (c3) Detail Classical Base of column. From the northern portico of the Erechtheum, the Temple of Athena built 421-405 BC on the Acropolis at Athens. The Ionic capitals are considered to be the most beautiful prod

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art (c3) Detail Classical Door of the Erechtheum, the Temple of Athena built 421-405 BC on the Acropolis at Athens. The Ionic capitals are considered to be the most beautiful produced in the course of Ancient Greek

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Ionic Capital (The head of a pillar or column), Temple of Minerva, Priene. The Ionic order of Greek architecture is characterized by columns with scroll shapes on either side of the capital (the

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Acroterial ornament of a stela (the Greek word for shaft) used in Ancient Greece and Rome as a grave stone, commemorative plaque or for dedication.

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art (c3) Detail Classical Capital (The head of a pillar or column) of antae and wall of the Erechtheum, Athens. The anta (pl. antae) is a non-structural column at the end of a wall - the forerunner of the Roman pilas

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art (c3) Detail Classical Window of the Erechtheum, the Temple of Athena built 421-405 BC on the Acropolis at Athens. The Ionic capitals are considered to be the most beautiful produced in the course of Ancient Greek

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art (c3) Detail Classical Northern portico of the Erechtheum, the Temple of Athena built 421-405 BC on the Acropolis at Athens. The Ionic capitals are considered to be the most beautiful produced in the course of Anc

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Antefix from the Parthenon. The Parthenon is the chief temple of the goddess Athena on the Acropolis above Athens and is the best extant example of the Doric order. The Doric style or "order" o

Architecture - Ancient Greece - line art Detail Classical Enlargement of part of ceiling.