The Columns of Greece, Rome & Providence RI
Megan Billings, Moses Brown School

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The Entablature

Quite standardized in Greek architecture, the Doric entablature was generally about one quarter of the height of the column that supported it. The most recognizable features of Doric entablatures is the frieze which is divided into triglyphys, squares of vertical channels, and metopes, the spaces between the triglyphs which are sometimes decorated with carvings. There is always one triglyph above, and one in between each column. Joining the columns capital to the entablature is a plain, square block of stone called the abacus.

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