What is a pontoon bridge? History of science
A pontoon bridge from the Column of Marcus Aurelius, in Rome A pontoon bridge is a temporary bridge that you make by lining up a lot of boats crossways across the river, [...]
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Trajan’s Column – Roman art – Dacian Wars
Trajan's Column in the Forum of Trajan, in Rome Trajan's column was built just after 100 AD to remind people in Rome about the Roman emperor Trajan's victories in a war in Dacia [...]
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07, 2017
What’s the Ionic order?
Ionic order: the parts of an Ionic temple A new way to build temples Around 500 BC, Greek architectural styles changed so that instead of building temples in the old [...]
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07, 2017
What are fluted columns?
Fluted columns from the Forum in Rome What does it mean to be fluted? Most Greek and Roman columns (but not all) were fluted. That means they had narrow channels [...]
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07, 2017
What is the Greek Doric order?
Doric temple at Agrigento, in Sicily. The plain square capitals with triglyphs and metopes over them show this is in the Doric order. When did the Doric style get started? [...]
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06, 2017
Greek Corinthian columns
A Corinthian column capital (from the Pantheon in Rome) A new type of architecture By 400 BC, Greek architects had added a third type of column to the old Doric [...]
