Ancient Greece: Doric Order, And Corinthian World

Ancient Greek architecture is one of the most influential aspects on the buildings and architecture that we have built in the world today, especially in regards to buildings related to the government. The architecture and style of ancient Greece was mentioned in Chapter Five of the textbook titled “Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World.” Greek architecture used three main order's, which were a system of proportions used in Classical Greek architecture that included every aspect of the building's plan, elevation, and decorations. The three order's used were Doric order, Ionic order, and Corinthian order. These order's were used in most Greek temple's, and are seen today in many governmental building's in America, as well as other places

It includes a fluted (channeled) shaft with sharp edges, and no base. This order also had a rather simple and rounded capital atop. Flutes are vertical and parallel channels that run through the entire length of a column. Doric order is seen today through Capitol Hill, which includes the U.S. Capitol; the Supreme Court building, the Russell Senate Office Building, and the Cannon House Office Building. The U.S. Capitol Building includes a Crypt, the large circular are on the first floor. This Crypt alone contains “forty Doric columns made of sandstone, which support the arched holding up the floor of the Rotunda”(aoc.gov), a large domed and circular room located in the center of the building. The Capitol also includes Doric order in the columns found in the Old Supreme Court Chamber, “These columns are modeled on the Temple of Poseidon, which were the shortest and the strongest columns that survive from classical Greece” (aoc.gov). The Supreme Court Building also includes double rows of fluted Doric order columns in its main corridor, the Great Hall. Lastly, both the Cannon House Office Building and the Russell Senate Office Building, contain thirty-four fluted Doric

Corinthian order consists of the most embellished and slender columns of the three Greek orders. Its elaborate capitals are encased with stylized acanthus leaves beneath the volutes. The Corinthian order styled columns can be found, again, in both Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court Building, Russell Senate Office Building, the Cannon House Office Building, and the Library of Congress. The external part of the Capitol Building contains modified versions of Corinthian column style, and in the interior the Hall of Columns, contains a variation of twenty-eight Corinthian order columns. The Supreme Court Building is designed in the classical Corinthian architectural order developed by the Greeks. It contains “a central temple-like pavilion fronted by a monumental portico with 16 Corinthian marble columns that support an elaborate entablature and pediment” (aoc.gov). Both the Cannon House Office Building and the Russell Senate Office Building contain eighteen Corinthian columns that support a dome. The Library of Congress contains many Corinthian order style columns, especially on the second