entablature

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

Corinthian entablature

Greek architectural elements, including a Corinthian capital exhibiting the characteristic acanthus leaves.

Read Next

Night view of the Opera House and new business quarter, Oslo, Norway.

These 8 Buildings Will Make You See Norway in a New Light

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's House, Weimar,Germany; photocrom print published between 1890-1900.

5 Historically Significant Houses in Germany

The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, designed by the Japanese architecture firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) and opened in 2007. Attached to the facade is Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone's sculpture installation Hell, Yes! (2001)

Woman-Made: 13 Architects You Might Not Know

Florence Baptistery of Saint John, Italy

9 Historic Buildings in Florence

Inside the Suleymaniye Mosque on may 25, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul.

8 Masterpieces of Islamic Architecture

Discover

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere

Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

Poker game. Card game. Royal Flush in poker. Hearts suit gambling

Poker Hands Ranked

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

Happy, smiling, flying pig

7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From

Drinking water is poured into a glass.

Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts

entablature: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

Corinthian entablature

Greek architectural elements, including a Corinthian capital exhibiting the characteristic acanthus leaves.

See All Images →

Topics

frieze cornice architrave pulvinated frieze metope triglyph order dado plinth capital superposed order colossal order Tuscan order Ionic order Corinthian order Composite order Doric order

Quiz

Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

Architecture: The Built World