Examples of entablature in the following topics:
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- Columns of an early Doric temple, such as the Temple of Apollo at Syracuse, could have a column height to an entablature ratio of 2:1, and a column height to a base diameter ratio of only
4:1.
- Later, a column height to a diameter ratio of 6:1 became more usual, and there is a column height to an entablature ratio at the Parthenon oapproximately 3:1.
- Doric entablatures consist of three parts: the architrave,
the frieze, and the cornice.
- Decorations were distributed with some variation, and Ionic entablatures often
featured formalized bands of motifs.
- Caryatids—draped female figures used as supporting members to the
entablature—were also a feature of the Ionic Order.