What best explains the Corinthian Greek order?
Answer 1
The most elaborate column with countless variations.
answer 2
Options: A) A finely tuned column structure. B) A truncated column structure with a smooth top. C) The most elaborate column with many variations. D) It has architrave, frieze and cornice. C) The most elaborate column with many variations. Description: The Corinthian order is the 3rd of the Greek sculptural orders (chronologically) and was born from the “ornamental enrichment” of the Ionic order. The Corinthian order has the following qualities: the presence of a base more elaborate than the previous ones; of a thinner stem than in the Ionic order; a capital in the shape of an inverted bell with 2 rows of acanthus leaves, always very elegant, with exterior curves, surmounted by 4 small scrolls in the corners; finally, the presence of an entablature and a pediment, full of ornamental antiques and precision in the information, to signify aspiration, wealth and power. The monoliths which embraced this order were: the choregic monolith of Lysicrates and the temple of Zeus.
answer 3
the most elaborate column with many variants (PLATO).
answer 4
The Corinthian Greek order is one of the 3 main classical orders of ancient Roman and Greek architecture. It was the last established. The other 2 are Doric and Ionic. This is called being the most elaborate of orders. It has slender columns that have been fluted and embellished with scrolls and leaves.
answer 5
The Greek Corinthian order is the most elaborate column with many variations. The correct answer is C.
Answer 6
The significant distinction between the Corinthian order and the other 2 orders is that the Corinthian order is the most decorative of the 3 which comes in different variations. The correct answer is: c.) The most elaborate column with many variations.
Answer 7
The choice that best explains the Corinthian Greek order would be “C) the most elaborate column with many variations”, as this was the last significant order and was influenced by earlier ones.
Answer 8
What are the choices.