The three main architectural styles used for temples in ancient Greece were the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian classical orders.

Thomas Jefferson wanted simple Doric columns in the chamber of the U.S. Capitol known as Statuary Hall, but the more elaborate Corinthian style prevailed. (Shutterstock) The late Sen. Daniel Patrick ...

Columns, capitals and their respective bases have long endured the test of evolving architectural styles and interpretations. Although the classical orders of architecture can be traced to ancient ...

Writing in this newspaper on September 20, 2008, I congratulated those responsible for re-erecting two Doric columns at Tal-Erwieħ cemetery in Tarxien. However, now I realise that it would have been ...

Miss A. D. BETTS, Thorn Cottage, Byways, Berk-hamsted, Herts, writes to suggest that the fluted columns of Greek architecture were copied from plant stems, such as those of an umbelliferous plant.

FAIRFIELD — The stately house at 536 Old Post Road was once described as “the finest example of Greek Revival Architecture in Connecticut” in 1971 by Lloyd Marsh of the Society for the Preservation of ...

I agree with Alfred Massa (The Sunday Times, July 10) that the Doric columns found at Tarxien cemetery should be protected. They were removed from Tarxien parish church in the 1890s and should be ...