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Curated OER

Greece - Architecture

For Teachers 6th
This presentation has a comprehensive description of the use of columns in Greek architecture. With pictures and diagrams, the presentation not only shows a comparison between the three types of columns, Ionic, Doric and Corinthian, it...
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Activity
Other

Alien Travel Guide: Ionic Columns

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Alien Travel Guide contains a picture of ionic columns as well as a brief description that distinguishes it from doric columns.
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Handout
Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online: Greece: Treasury of the Athenians

For Students 4th - 8th
Reviews the basics with respect to Greek architectural orders, including the Doric order of architecture as demonstrated by the Athenian Treasury at Delphi.
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Website
Other

Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Comission: Classical Orders of Columns

For Students 9th - 10th
Review key features of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of ancient Greek architecture, with diagrams that label the cornice, frieze, architrave, metope, triglyph, capital, and column shaft of each order.
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Graphic
Boston College

Digital Archive of Architecture: Ionic Pillar

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a photo of an ionic column in the Erechtheum.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Comission: Classical Orders of Columns

For Students 9th - 10th
Review key features of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of ancient Greek architecture, with diagrams that label the cornice, frieze, architrave, metope, triglyph, capital, and column shaft of each order.