for school >> need help :p
2007-10-29 03:13:39 · 3 answers · asked by B G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Hi there,
I can help you with this! lol...I'm an architecture student, and we have studied this in our first semester.
CAPITAL - the upper part of a column that supports the entablature. It is the decorative top of the column or pilaster.
picture:http://images.google.com.ph/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=capital+column
VOLUTE - a carved spiral form in classical architecture; often used in pairs as in the capitals of Ionic columns
picture:http://www.didaktik.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/history/baustaebe/volute_saeule.gif
ACANTHUS - the multi-foliated plant which in stylised form is used to decorate the capital of the Corinthian order
picture:http://gammablog.com/gammablablog/im05/03mar/29/cooper-acanthus-volute.jpg
Capitals of columns are not associated with Geography. Just check out my definitions.
The three orders are: Doric (the simplest), Ionic (with volute), and Corinthian (volute and acanthus)
The Romans added the Tuscan and the Composite (the combination of the Ionic and the Corinthian).
The parts of a column are the base, the shaft, and the capital.
picture:http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/image/glossary/shaft.jpg
The parts of the entablature are the cornice, the frieze, and the architrave.
picture: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/greek/entablat.jpg
See! I can help you with this! :)
2007-10-29 03:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Acanthus :An ornamentation used on the Corinthian and Composite Columns, representing or suggesting the leaves of the acanthus.
Volute: A spiral scroll-like ornament used on an Ionic capital
There are a lot of capital which one did you need?
2007-10-29 10:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by smart 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
spiral shape: a spiral form or structure, e.g. the whorl in the shell of a snail
2. architecture decorative scroll: a carved spiral decoration, usually on an Ionic capital
3. marine biology tropical mollusk: a gastropod mollusk with a colorful spiral shell. Native to: tropical waters.
Family: Volutidae
plant with spiny leaves: a spiny-leaved bush or perennial plant. Flowers: white, purple. Native to: Mediterranean.
Genus: Acanthus
2. leaf design: a design characteristic of the capital of a Corinthian column, representing acanthus leaves
[Mid-16th century. Via Latin < Greek akanthos < akantha "thorn"]
2007-10-29 10:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋