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Columns built on bodies

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Research cited

  1. doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-4-24 doi.org
  2. Krishan K, Kanchan T, Passi N, "Estimation of stature from the foot and its segments in a sub-adult female population of North India", Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (excerpt) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Other sources

  1. Vitruvius, The Ten Books on Architecture, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan (completed by Albert A. Howard), Harvard University Press, 1914. Project Gutenberg eBook (excerpt) gutenberg.org
  2. Rijksmuseum, public domain, An Ionic and a Doric column side by side, 1622 print rijksmuseum.nl
  3. Rijksmuseum, public domain, An Ionic capital with its scrolls, print, 1601 to 1651 rijksmuseum.nl
  4. Rijksmuseum, public domain, Corinthian capital and base after Vitruvius, print after Hans Sebald Beham rijksmuseum.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A framed print on blue satin: a teal classical bust stands on a purple Ionic capital with curled scrolls, against an orange and green groundPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
An old engraving of two tall columns side by side, labeled Ionica and Dorica, with measuring scales along their sidesImage: Rijksmuseum, public domainMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
An old engraving of an Ionic capital seen from the front, with two large spiral scrolls, and a side view beside itImage: Rijksmuseum, public domainMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
An engraved Corinthian capital crowded with curling acanthus leaves above a round column base, with Latin and German text around it and the date 1543Image: Rijksmuseum, public domainMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
Diagram comparing column proportions: Doric first six and later seven times its thickness; Ionic first eight and later nine times its thicknessImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Vitruvius, Ten Books on Architecture, Book IV, ch. 1, paras 6 to 8 (Morgan translation, 1914)
Slide 6
The same print hanging on blue satin drapery, with a long yellow fabric belt of small vials beside itPhoto: RN Collins

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