What is Ionic order?
[[File:Ionic Order Column.JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{center|Closeup of Ionic Order Column. The scroll-like ornament at the top of the column is a volute}}]] The '''Ionic order''' is one of the three main [[classical order]]s (''styles'') of ancient [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Rome|Roman]] [[architecture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://study.com/academy/lesson/ionic-order-of-greek-architecture-definition-example-buildings-quiz.html |title=Ionic Order of Greek Architecture: Definition & Example Buildings |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Study.com |accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref> The other two are the [[Doric order]] and the [[Corinthian order]] (which gave rise to the [[Composite order]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/beginners-guide-greece/a/greek-architectural-orders |title=Greek architectural orders |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Khan Academy |accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref> The Ionic [[Capital (architecture)|capital]] is notable for its use of [[volutes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/paganism/ionic.html |title=Ionic Order |author= |date= |website= |publisher=University of Chicago |accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref> The Ionic [[columns]] normally stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform. The cap is usually enriched with [[egg-and-dart]].<ref>James Stevens Curl, ''Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms'' (New York: Norton, 2003), p. 24</ref> It was a popular style in [[Athens]].<ref name=Kleiner>Fred Kleiner, ''Gardner's Art through the Ages: Backpack Edition, Book 1'' (Boston: Wadsworth, 2013), p. 116</ref> The Athenians considered themselves Ionians.<ref name=Kleiner/> == References == {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Architectural styles]]