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four different types of classical and gothic columns with the words classical on each one column

What's the main difference between Classical and Gothic architecture? Just look at the "capitals" — the decorative part at the top of a column. They tell you everything you need to know. Classical capitals are all identical, but in Gothic architecture they are always different.…

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an old architectural drawing of a column with flowers and leaves on the top, vintage line drawing or engraving

Download this stock image: architecture, detail, columns, capitel, Corinthian order, ink drawing, 20th century, Greece, Akanthus, ancient world, antiquity, column, ornaments, historic, historical, ancient world, - B4TWM7 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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an ornately decorated column on the side of a building with red walls and white columns

Composite capital from 43, King Street, Westminster. This house was built for Admiral Russell, 1st earl of Orford, in 1716-17, probably to designs by Thomas Archer. The admiral's social connections may have helped him break the uniformity of Inigo Jones's Covent Garden piazza which the house overlooks. The house is of brick with stone dressings, the painted stucco being added at a later date. It has three storeys with an attic and basement. The facade has four giant Composite fluted…

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an ornate column on the side of a building

Corinthian capital from the Federal Reserve Bank on South LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois. See an example of a Doric Capital. See an example of an Ionic Capital . Tenuous Link: Corinthian capital.

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