The Corinthian columns of Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg.
iStockphoto/ThinkstockPapyrus columns from a temple at Karnak, Egypt.
Katherine Young/EB Inc.Roman columns in Beirut, Lebanon.
© tobago77/FotoliaDoric columns on the Greek temple at Segesta, Sicily, c. 424–416 bc
SCALA/Art Resource, New YorkComparison of three of the main Greek column styles—Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Columns in antis.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The five orders
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Columns of the former Academic Hall, which was destroyed by fire in 1892, with Jesse Hall in the background, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
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