Question

14. While traveling in Greece, you see columns of all different orders. You examine each one carefully. You see one with capitals that have

two rows of leaves that fan out from them and four scrolls. Which order do you infer you are observing?

1(.Sumerian

2).Doric

3).Ionic

4).Corinthian

Answer 1

4).Corinthian

Step-by-step explanation:

1. is not the correct answer. Sumerian columns would likely not be present in Greece. They are also very different from what is described, much thicker, and painted.

2. is not the right answer. Doric columns are very simple, with plain capitals made out of round form on square basic. They don’t have additional decoration.

3. is not the right answer. Ionic columns have two large spirals, like scrolls, at the capitol. These spirals are called volutes. There are no two rows of leaves.

4. is the right answer. Corinthian columns are the most decorated ones, with an elaborate design of the capitols. We can see acanthus leaves places in two rows, and four scrolls on four ends emerging from these leaves. Volutes that were first found at Ionic columns now became slimmer and more graceful. Corinthian columns were connected to the Greek city-state of Corinth but were later used around the ancient world, including Rome.