Order:
a style of architecture that adheres to a specific set of proportions and aesthetic details. Easy way to identify: look at the capital of the column
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Order: | a style of architecture that adheres to a specific set of proportions and aesthetic details. Easy way to identify: look at the capital of the column |
Doric  | simplest order, wide columns, circular capital under a square cushion, fluted grooves carved into surfaces, derives from earlier wooden columns, translated into stone; most common 750- 480 BCE; associated by the ancient Greeks with masculinity. |
Ionic | originated in Greece; colonies in Turkey, narrower columns than Doric
Capital with volutes (spiral+scroll) and dart motifs on the cushion sometimes but not always, fluted; popular from 500 BCE onwards
Associated by ancient Greeks with femininity
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Corinthian: | narrower columns than Doric or Ionic, fluted columns, keeps volutes from Ionic columns, and adds two forms of protruding leaves and flowers Varying levels of popularity due to sometimes being perceived as too elaborate (stepping beyond femininity) |