So, what's up with starting columns with questions, the kind that, prefaced with a mutated bimbo conjunction, beg Dear Reader to cock his head to one side, hang ...

There are three basic types of columns, the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, Doric being the unadorned simplest and Corinthian being the most ornate. The Ionic seem to have only a scroll design at the ...

In 1805, President Jefferson and architect Benjamin Latrobe politely argued whether the Capitol should be decorated with Corinthian or Doric columns. The top of a Doric column is relatively plain.

Criterion (i): The Temple of Bassae represents a unique artistic achievement, remarkable for its archaic features (elongated surface, an exceptional proportion of 15 columns on the longer side and 6 ...