ocr: A - - - The lonic Column was siender, gracetul, and feminine. The tapering shaft of the pillar was a metaphor for the temale DORIC IUNIL CURINTHIAN figure. The Doric Column was thick, muscular, swelling to the base (the Greeks called this entasis"), and represented the male body. Both the Doric and lonic orders were based on simplicity and when taken together in a created an impression of visual unity and harmony. The Corinthian olumn was much more intricate, Tiorid, and oriental in design. Crowned with a triangular capital flowing with acanthus leaves, the Greeks borrowed it from Egypt and As ...
