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Meanings of Ionic order in English

Russian
ионический ордер
Portuguese
estilo jônico
Spanish
jónico
Catalan
ordre jònic
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One of the 3 orders of classical architecture (along with Doric and Corinthian), characterized by the use of volutes; columns stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate; the cap is usually enriched with egg-and-dart.

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ионический ордер
Portuguese
ordem jónica

The second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls.

ordem jónica
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Usage of Ionic order in English
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The Ionic order was of a much more luxuriant character than the Doric.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
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Its only peculiar feature is the capital; otherwise it agrees with the Ionic order.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
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It was supported by a hundred and twenty-seven marble columns of the Ionic order.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
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On each of the side walls stood six pilasters of a bad Ionic order.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
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The Ionic order was much used in the Greek cities of Asia Minor for peripteral temples.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
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The Ionic order flourished particularly in Asia Minor.
Early European History
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The description of the Ionic order of architecture.
Albert Dürer
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This stair-case is lighted by a dome supported by sixteen fluted pillars of the Ionic order.
Paris as It Was and as It Is / A Sketch Of The French Capital, I...
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On the outside of the temple, at the east corners, are badly wrought pilasters of the Ionic order.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
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Many fragments of columns are lying about, and a few extremely well formed capitals of the Ionic order.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
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The inside of the hall is in stucco, and the upper part is decorated by a colonnade of the Ionic order.
Paris as It Was and as It Is / A Sketch Of The French Capital, I...
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The house was placed between two tall pavilions which their great slate roofs made higher, over pillars of the Ionic order.
The Red Lily — Volume 03
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Nearly coeval with the Doric was the Ionic order, invented by the Asiatic Greeks, still more graceful, though not so imposing.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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The finish of the second floor was from excellent models of the Ionic order found in old colonial mansions in Newport and Bristol.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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North of the Parthenon stood the Erechthe'um, an irregular but beautiful structure of the Ionic order, dedicated to the worship of Neptune and Minerva.
Mosaics of Grecian History
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One more interesting occurrence of the Ionic order in Greece proper may be mentioned, viz., in the Philippeum at Olympia (about 336 B.C.).
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...