Visual Timeline: Evolution of the Column by Nidhi Ajmera https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3 Made by Nidhi Ajmera en-us 2022-02-02 15:01:08 UTC 2025-05-08 04:17:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Pyramid of Djoser, Al Giza Desert, Saqqara, Egypt nidhiajmera1 https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2028009243 During the Bronze Age (from 3000 -1000 BCE), the ancient Egyptians created the first stone column-like structure in the entrance to the Step Pyramid of Djoser (see image above). Even though the columns aren't "real" as they give no support and are held up by the walls, they paved the path for actual columns to come. 

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]]> 2022-02-03 17:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2028009243 Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple of Amon, Luxor, Egypt nidhiajmera1 https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2028120956 During a time in ancient Egypt called the Middle Kingdom (from 2000 BCE-1600 BCE), the actual stone, fluted, or grooved, column was created. Usually, Egyptian columns had embellishments on the capital, or top portion of the column, with lotuses, papyrus flowers, or palm fronds (see images above). 

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Next: Ionic Columns: Erechtheum, Athens, Greece ]]> 2022-02-04 18:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2029981245 Ionic Columns: Erechtheum, Athens, Greece nidhiajmera1 https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2030010290 Created after the Doric in the mid 600 BCE by the Greeks in the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor, the Ionic is modeled after the Doric. The unique part of the Ionic is that is thinner and more decorative. 

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Next: Persipolitan Columns: Persepolis, Iran ]]> 2022-02-04 19:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2030010290 Corinthian Columns: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens, Greece nidhiajmera1 https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2030018493  As it is the most embellished of the columns, it was developed the latest in 425 BCE, when the Greeks had more architectural knowledge. At the top of the Corinthian column, the added touches of carved leaves of the acanthus plants, a Mediterranean plant, sit. ]]> 2022-02-04 19:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2030018493 Persepolitan Columns: Persepolis, Iran nidhiajmera1 https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2030028423 From the Greeks to Persia (modern-day Iran), the Achaemenid era architecture started having columns, called Persian or Persepolitan columns, in around 500 BCE. They had a special style in which the huge columns have a base, flutes, and a capital, the top portion of a column, decorated with animals, mostly bulls. 

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]]> 2022-02-05 21:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2030981669 Roman Columns: The Tuscan and Composite nidhiajmera1 https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2031445117 The ancient Romans modeled their new column styles after the ancient Greeks as the Roman Tuscan is a lot like the Greek Doric; the main difference between the two is the Tuscan doesn't have grooves. Made in the classical time of 300 BCE, the Roman Composite is like a fancier version of the Greek Corinthian.  

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]]> 2022-02-06 14:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2031453821 Spread to the U.S. nidhiajmera1 https://padlet.com/nidhiajmera1/x4ress1h089xxv3/wish/2033221072 From the 1800s to the 1900s, the use of all previous column styles is still seen throughout the United States, as well as in other countries, from European conquering and colonialism. A famous example is Corinthian columns at the United States Capitol Building.  

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