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The Corinthian Order of Columns
is one of the three main Classical Greek orders of columns: Doric,
Ionic and Corinthian. Corinthian always uses an Attic Base. The Corinthian
order is typified by the Acanthus leaves with a Fleuron or Flower in the
center of the Abacus. The entablature has modillion blocks, dentil and egg
and dart mouldings.
Imperial Productions®
offers Corinthian columns with Tapered or
Non-Tapered
stylus or shafts. The shafts can be Fluted or Smooth. Tapered shafts may have the correct taper or entasis (ie Taper 2/3rds down the stylus from the top. The last third is
straight ending at the
Attic Base which is used on all orders except
Tuscan.
Imperial Productions®
offers Corinthian columns both load bearing and decorative to wrap a load
bearing posts or stand alone engaged against a wall to enhance a
building's facade. Add columns to legitimize any modern building.
Corinthian Load Bearing
Columns
support the Entablature of a Classical or Modern structure. Larger
diameters can support up to 20,000 lbs without internal supports.
Decorative
Corinthian
columns can stand alone as a whole column or be specified to be split.
Split Corinthian columns can be engaged or placed against a solid wall or
specified to be split-to-wrap a load bearing steel or wood post.
Imperial Productions®
has a vast selection of Corinthian Columns for commercial, residential, movie,
garden and theatre applications.
Roman
Corinthian Proportions:
Vitruvius:
The Ten Books on Architecture
The
Proportions of this capital should be as follows: The
height including the abacus should be equivalent to the thickness
of the base. The breadth of the abacus should be proportioned
so that diagonals drawn from one corner of it to
the other shall be twice the height of the capital"
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