Week 2 Responses

Week 2 Response

The design of capitals followed the rules and conventions strictly in Ancient Greece and Rome. The 3 Greek orders, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian; have different designs of capitals. In ancient Rome, the capitals became highly ornamented and detailed compared to Ancient Greeceā€™s. The Byzantine capitals became simpler, the reason behind this might be the lack of labor and people were getting tired of the Greece and Rome classical capitals. Although the Romanesque capitals kept some characteristics of the Ancient Rome capitals, they were still less intricate because people began to value the massiveness of the buildings.

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