The Columns of Greece, Rome and Providence RI

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

The Capital

Quite simple in design, the Doric capital consists of a flared circular block of stone called the echinus, below which are thin rounded bands of stone that visually join the capital to the pillar of the column.

The Entablature << Table of Contents >> The Pillar

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