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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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Doric
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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.
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Ionic
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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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