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Classic Column Styles and Capitals
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  • 1. Column formed by stacked stone drums, ancient Egyptian style
  • 2. Type of stone often used in column foundations (French influence)
  • 4. Greek column known for scroll-shaped capitals
  • 6. Refers to architectural principles codified by an ancient Roman architect
  • 7. Column sculpted as a female figure
  • 10. Rectangular column projecting from a flat surface
  • 11. Horizontal band or face of a column base
  • 17. Partially embedded column in a wall
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  • 3. Sturdy Greek column style with a plain capital
  • 5. Main vertical section of a column
  • 8. Most ornate Greek column with acanthus leaves
  • 9. Roman column mixing Ionic scrolls and Corinthian leaves
  • 12. Topmost decorative part of a column
  • 13. Grooved element found in Doric friezes above columns
  • 14. Flat slab forming the top of a column’s capital
  • 15. Term describing columns spaced closely together
  • 16. Base supporting a column or statue
  • 18. Simplified Roman column style, plain and unfluted
  • 19. Columns with vertical grooves running along the shaft

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