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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital (from Latin caput 'head') or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface. The capital, projecting on each side as it rises to support the abacus, joins the usually square abacus and the…

Pre-classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity & Middle Ages

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Pre-classical Antiquity

Classical Antiquity

Late Antiquity

Middle Ages

Renaissance and post-Renaissance

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Capital (architecture)

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Capital (architecture) → Cambridge University Press, Capital, Chisholm, Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica, Gillian Darley, Hugh, Lewis, NY, Ornament, Pantheon This, Philippa

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capitals capital ionic order corinthian volutes composite orders classical doric roman column greek architecture bc century abacus carved types columns

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the Arch of Titus in Romeinstance ofThese form the three principal types on which all capitals in the classical tradition are based.The Composite order was formalized in the 16th century following Roman Imperial e…0.80text
the city-state of Tamassos in the Archaic periodinstance ofand at Cypriot sites0.80text
the Pataliputra capital belong to the Ionic order rather than the later Corinthian orderinstance ofExamples0.80text
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesLewis0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesPhilippa0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesGillian Darley0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesDictionary0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesOrnament0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesNY0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesPantheon This0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesChisholm0.60section
Capital (architecture)related to ReferencesHugh0.60section

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