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==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px"> File:Xanten reconstructed composite capital.jpg|Reconstructed Corinthian capital, with original [[polychrome|colours]] Temple of Apollo Epikourios, Bassae, details of a Corinthian isolated column in the interior.webp|[[Ancient Greek architecture|Ancient Greek]] Corinthian columns in the [[Temple of Apollo at Bassae]], [[Bassae]], Greece, illustration by [[Charles Robert Cockerell]], unknown architect, {{circa}}429-400 BC<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2022|publisher=Laurence King|isbn=978-1-52942-030-2|page=40|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:The external face of the capital, with the entablature, and half one of the tripods - Stuart James & Revett Nicholas - 1762.jpg|Ancient Greek Corinthian order of the [[Choragic Monument of Lysicrates]], Athens, {{circa}}335 BC Corinthian capital, AM of Epidauros, 202545.jpg|Ancient Greek Corinthian capital from the [[tholos (architecture)|tholos]] at [[Epidaurus]], [[Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus]], Greece, said to have been designed by [[Polyclitus the Younger]], {{circa}}350 BC<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hugh Honour|first1=John Fleming|title=A World History of Art - Revised Seventh Edition|date=2009|publisher=Laurence King Publishing|isbn=978-1-85669-584-8|page=147|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:L'Olympieion (Athènes) (30776483926).jpg|[[Ancient Roman architecture|Roman]] [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens|Temple of Olympian Zeus]], Athens, 174 BC–{{circa}}130 AD<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hugh Honour|first1=John Fleming|title=A World History of Art - Revised Seventh Edition|date=2009|publisher=Laurence King Publishing|isbn=978-1-85669-584-8|page=177|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:Les edifices antiques de Rome 1779 (138343015).jpg|Roman Corinthian capital of the [[Temple of Vesta, Tivoli|Temple of Vesta]], [[Tivoli, Lazio|Tivoli]], Italy, with an oversized [[Fleuron (architecture)|fleuron]] (flower) on the [[abacus (architecture)|abacus]], probably a stylized hibiscus blossom with spiral [[pistil]], compressed acanthus rows, and flutes squared at the top, rather than rounded as on a standard Corinthian column, 1st century BC Interior del Coliseo. 07.JPG|Roman Corinthian capital with [[Gorgoneion|''gorgoneia'']] from the Colosseum, [[Rome]], 70–80 BC File:Fig 1 The capital and entablature of the portico before the door Fig 2 A fragment of the Dentells belonging to the corni - Stuart James & Revett Nicholas - 1762.jpg|Ancient Greek Corinthian order of the [[Tower of the Winds]], Athens, {{circa}}50 BC File:Petra detail of Al Khazneh (The treasury) 1796.jpg|Roman Corinthian capital of [[Al-Khazneh]], [[Petra]], [[Jordan]], decorated with acanthuses and [[rinceau]]x, early 1st century AD File:Detail of Corner Khazneh Petra Jordan1169.jpg|Roman Corinthian pilaster in a corner of Al-Khazneh File:Buddha with monks.jpg|Group of [[Buddha]] seated between two monks, with two quasi-Corinthian pilasters that are here because of the influence of Greek culture during the [[Hellenistic period]], 1st-3rd centuries, stone, [[State Museum of History of Uzbekistan]], [[Tashkent]] File:Les edifices antiques de Rome 1779 (138343262).jpg|Roman Corinthian capital of the [[Temple of Castor and Pollux]], Rome, with intertwining central stems, 1st century Attica 06-13 Athens 24 Arch of Hadrian.jpg|Roman Corinthian columns and [[pilaster]]s of the [[Arch of Hadrian (Athens)|Arch of Hadrian]], Athens, 131 or 132 AD Jerash Artemis Temple 0841.jpg|Roman Corinthian columns from the [[Temple of Artemis, Jerash|Temple of Artemis]], [[Jerash]], [[Jordan]], 150 AD Rom, Basilika Santa Sabina, Innenansicht.jpg|The Constantinian [[basilica]] of [[Santa Sabina]] interior, with ''[[spolia]]'' Corinthian columns from the [[Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine)|Temple of Juno ''Regina'']] Ravenna Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo capitel.jpg|[[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine]] quasi-Corinthian capital in [[Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo]], [[Ravenna]], Italy, 6th century File:Abadía de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, París, Francia, 2022-11-01, DD 20-22 HDR.jpg|[[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] quasi-Corinthian columns in [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés (abbey)|Saint-Germain-des-Prés]], Paris, 8th century, restored in the 19th century with original polychromy File:Capital with the name of the builder ‘Abd ar Raḥmān III, and of the stonemason Fatḥ, mid-10th century, marble, from Andalusia (Madīnat az-Zahrā’), Inv. no. 5053, Pergamon Museum.jpg|[[Islamic architecture|Islamic]] quasi-Corinthian capital from [[Andalusia]] (Madīnat az-Zahrā’), present-day [[Spain]], mid-10th century, marble, [[Pergamon Museum]], Berlin Tournus (71) Abbatiale Saint-Philibert - Intérieur - Chapiteau - 13.jpg|Romanesque quasi-Corinthian capital, [[Church of St. Philibert, Tournus|Church of St. Philibert]], [[Tournus]], France, {{circa}}1008 to mid-11th century<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2022|publisher=Laurence King|isbn=978-1-52942-030-2|page=123|url=|language=en}}</ref> Façade de la basilique Saint-André de Mantoue, réalisée par Leon Alberti.jpg|[[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] Corinthian pilasters of the [[Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua|Basilica of Sant'Andrea]], [[Mantua]], Italy, [[Leon Battista Alberti]], begun in {{circa}}1450<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2022|publisher=Laurence King|isbn=978-1-52942-030-2|page=217|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:Sala dei gigli, capitello 01.JPG|[[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] reinterpretation of the Corinthian order, with a capital with [[Venus]] and [[Eros]], in the [[Sala dei Gigli]], [[Palazzo Vecchio]], [[Florence]], Italy, by [[Benedetto da Maiano]], 1476–1481.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wga.hu/html_m/m/maiano/benedett/portal.html|website=wga.hu|title=West wall portal of the Sala dei Gigli|access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> File:Santa-Maria-dei-Miracoli Main Portal.JPG|Renaissance Corinthian pilasters of the entrance of the [[Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice|Santa Maria dei Miracoli]], [[Venice]], by [[Pietro Lombardo]], 1481–1489 File:Santa Maria del Popolo Presbyterium Grabmal Ascanio Sforza.JPG|Renaissance Corinthian columns of the Tomb of [[Ascanio Maria Sforza]], [[Santa Maria del Popolo]], Rome, by [[Andrea Sansovino]], {{circa}}1505 File:Switzerland-03129 - Kindlifresserbrunnen (23573862711).jpg|Polychrome Renaissance column of the [[Kindlifresserbrunnen]], [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]], by [[Hans Gieng]], {{circa}}1545-1546 San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane - Dome.jpg|[[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] Corinthian column capitals in the [[San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane]], Rome, by [[Francesco Borromini]], 1638–1677 Versailles Chapel - July 2006 edit.jpg|Baroque Corinthian columns in the [[Chapels of Versailles#Fifth Chapel|Chapel of the Palace of Versailles]], 1696–1710<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Henry|title=Le Style Louis XIV|date=1927|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=|page=39|url=|language=fr}}</ref> ÖNB 8.jpg|Stylized Baroque Corinthian columns in the [[Austrian National Library]], [[Hofburg]], [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], designed by [[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach]] in {{circa}}1716–1720, built in 1723–1726<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2022|publisher=Laurence King|isbn=978-1-52942-030-2|page=325|url=|language=en}}</ref> Stavropoleos (35).jpg|[[Brâncovenesc style|Brâncovenesc]] Corinthian capitals of the [[Stavropoleos Monastery]] Church, [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]], unknown architect, 1724 File:Schouw met putto Schouwen (serietitel), RP-P-1949-395-4.jpg|[[Rococo]] reinterpretations of the Corinthian order in an design for an interior, by [[Franz Xaver Habermann]], 1731–1775, etching on paper, [[Rijksmuseum]], [[Amsterdam]], the [[Netherlands]] File:Altaar met God de Vader Altaren (serietitel), RP-P-1964-1453.jpg|Rococo reinterpretations of the Corinthian order in an altar design, with asymmetric capitals and more sinuous S-shaped acanthuses, by Franz Xaver Habermann, 1740–1745, etching on paper, Rijksmuseum Wieskirche, Gemeinde Steingaden Ortsteil Wies.JPG|Rococo reinterpretations of the Corinthian order in the [[Wieskirche|Pilgrimage Church of Wies]], [[Steingaden]], Germany, by [[Dominikus Zimmermann|Dominikus]] and [[Johann Baptist Zimmermann]], 1746-1754<ref>{{cite book|last1=J. Philippe|first1=Minguet|title=Estetica Rococoului|date=1973|publisher=Meridiane|isbn=|page=|url=|language=ro}}</ref> file:BasilikaOttobeurenHochaltar02.JPG|Rococo reinterpretations of the Corinthian order at the high altar in the [[Ottobeuren Abbey|abbey church]] of [[Ottobeuren]], Germany, by [[Johann Michael Fischer]], 1748-1754<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2022|publisher=Laurence King|isbn=978-1-52942-030-2|page=333|url=|language=en}}</ref> West facade of Petit Trianon 002.JPG|[[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] Corinthian columns on the [[Petit Trianon]], Versailles, by [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], 1764 File:Salon des dames d'honneur du Palais impérial de Compiègne (Oise) 01.jpg|Neoclassical Corinthian pilaster in the Salon des dames d'honneur, [[Château de Compiègne]], [[Compiègne]], France, unknown architect, {{circa}}1810 File:The moon over the Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 2839144.jpg|Neoclassical Corinthian capitals of the [[Birmingham Town Hall]], [[Birmingham]], [[UK]], inspired by those of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome, by [[Joseph Hansom]] and [[Edward Welch (architect)|Edward Welch]], 1834 File:Sturdivant Hall, Selma, Alabama LCCN2010646614.tif|[[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] Corinthian columns of the [[Sturdivant Hall]], [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]], [[Alabama]], US, inspired by those of the Tower of the Winds, by [[Thomas Helm Lee]], 1852–1856 CorinthOrdUsCap.jpg|The Neoclassical Corinthian order as used in extending the [[United States Capitol]] in 1854: the column's shaft has been omitted File:Paris 9 - 11 cité Malesherbes -1.JPG|[[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] polychrome ceramic Corinthian pilasters of [[Cité Malesherbes]] no. 11 (lower story), Paris, architect [[Antoine Anatole Jal]] and painter [[Pierre-Jules Jollivet]], 1858<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00088963|website=pop.culture.gouv.fr|title=Immeuble|access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> File:Lyon 5e - Cimetière de Loyasse - Allée 18 - Tombe de Claude Bonnefond - Sculpture et médaillon.jpg|Neoclassical reinterpretation of the Corinthian capital at the Grave of [[Claude Bonnefond]], [[Loyasse Cemetery]], [[Lyon]], France, designed by [[Antoine-Marie Chenavard]] and sculpted by [[Guillaume Bonnet (sculptor)|Guillaume Bonnet]], {{circa}}1860 Detail of the principal facade of the Opéra Garnier, 23 March 2010.jpg|[[Beaux Arts architecture|Beaux Arts]] Corinthian columns on the facade of the [[Palais Garnier]], Paris, by [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]], 1861–1874<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robertson|first1=Hutton|title=The History of Art - From Prehistory to Presentday - A Global View|date=2022|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-02236-8|page=989|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:Parc des Buttes-Chaumont @ Paris (15261458609).jpg|Neoclassical Corinthian capital of the [[Temple de la Sibylle]], [[Parc des Buttes Chaumont]], Paris, heavily inspired by those of the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, by [[Gabriel Davioud]], 1866 2023-04-22 Parlament Säulenhalle1.jpg|[[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] Corinthian columns in the [[Austrian Parliament Building]], [[Vienna]], inspired by those of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, by [[Theophil von Hansen]], 1873–1883<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watkin|first1=David|title=A History of Western Architecture|date=2022|publisher=Laurence King|isbn=978-1-52942-030-2|page=490|url=|language=en}}</ref> Austrian Parliament Building - colored sections 04.jpg|Greek Revival pilaster capitals on the facade of the Austrian Parliament Building File:Pedestal from the drawing room of the William H. Vanderbilt House MET DT5417.jpg|Pair of pedestals that reinterpret the Corinthian order (not just the capital, also the shaft), from the drawing room of the [[William H. Vanderbilt]] House, 1879–1882, Egyptian [[alabaster]], gilt brass, and red glass jewels, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York City File:Bowling Green NYC Feb 2021 53.jpg|Greek Revival Corinthian columns of the [[Bowling Green Offices Building]], New York City, a mix of those of the Tower of the Winds and those of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, by [[W. & G. Audsley]], 1895–1898<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicist.org/articles/greek-classicism-a-design-resource-for-historic-and-contemporary-architecture-with-calder-loth-part-ii/|website=classicist.org|title=Greek Classicism: A Design Resource for Historic and Contemporary Architecture, Part II, with Calder Loth (29:46 in the video)|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> File:Palace of Fine Arts-21.jpg|Beaux-Arts reinterpretation of the Corinthian order at the Rotunda of the [[Palace of Fine Arts]], [[San Francisco]], US, with a full figure on the capital, [[egg-and-dart]] on the [[astragal]] that is just under the capital, and two extra smaller volutes and a handle-like element on the canonic volutes of the capital corner, by [[Bernard Maybeck]], 1913–1915 File:Exhibition of Japanese Government-General Building Remains 04.JPG|Corinthian capital from the [[Japanese General Government Building]], 1926, unknown type of stone, [[Independence Hall of Korea]], [[Cheonan]], [[South Korea]] File:Philadelphia Museum of Art, main building.jpg|Neoclassical polychrome Corinthian columns, entablature and pediment of the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], [[Philadelphia]], US, by [[Horace Trumbauer]] and [[Zantzinger, Borie & Medary]], 1933<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicist.org/articles/greek-classicism-a-design-resource-for-historic-and-contemporary-architecture-with-calder-loth-part-ii/|website=classicist.org|title=Greek Classicism: A Design Resource for Historic and Contemporary Architecture, Part II, with Calder Loth (28:36 in the video)|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> File:PiazzaDItalia1990.jpg|[[Postmodern architecture|Postmodern]] Corinthian columns of the [[Piazza d'Italia (New Orleans)|Piazza d'Italia]], [[New Orleans]], US, by [[Charles Moore (architect)|Charles Moore]], 1978–1979<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hugh Honour|first1=John Fleming|title=A World History of Art - Revised Seventh Edition|date=2009|publisher=Laurence King Publishing|isbn=978-1-85669-584-8|page=867|url=|language=en}}</ref> File:South Bay Galleria column, Redondo Beach, California, US, by RTKL Associates and Theo Kondos Associates, 1985.png|Postmodern [[Neon lighting#Neon lighting and artists in light|neon]] Corinthian capital in [[South Bay Galleria]], [[Redondo Beach, California]], US, by [[RTKL Associates]] and [[Theo Kondos Associates]], 1985 Pumping station, Stewart Street (geograph 4678320).jpg|Reinterpreted Postmodern Corinthian columns of the [[Isle of Dogs Pumping Station]], London, [[John Outram]], 1988<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gura|first1=Judith|title=Postmodern Design Complete|date=2017|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-51914-1|page=121|url=|language=en}}</ref> Cambridge - Gonville and Caius College - 0913.jpg|[[New Classical architecture|New Classical]] Greek Revival Corinthian column in the [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]] Hall, [[Cambridge]], UK, inspired by the one from the Temple of Apollo at Bassaem by [[John Simpson (architect)|John Simpson]], 1998 </gallery>
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