Greek orders

Order Characteristics Related drawing Current example

Doric  It was used in Sicily. The  The most famous

column was fluted, and the building constructed
capital was rounded. The with kind of column
simple design inspired was the Parthenon.
people in the Renaissance
to construct places meant
to be for gods or saints.

Ionic  Originated in Asia minor,  A lot of

it was used with contemporary
ornamental motifs, making buildings are
a direct relation with constructed with ionic
goodness in the classic columns, like the
world and in posterior U.S. Capitol or the
periods. The capital, was Supreme Court
presented with a (a spiral) Building.

Corinthian  It appears, for the first  Romans used this

time at 5th century BC. Its architecture a lot, like
capital divided in two in the Temple of
parts: the inferior one had Vesta
a row of acanthus leaves.
The superior part had
curved abacus.