... artists and thinkers originally. Most of them were imported from Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and many other colonies of the globe. The alphabet and grammar were adopted from the Greek culture and much of the art and architecture as well were replicas of what was originally ... Greek architecture consisted of three orders--the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Each represented the assembly of the basic components of a simple rectangular building with a pitched roof, that is, COLUMN, CAPITAL, ENTABLATURE, and PEDIMENT. Different proportions and decorative conventions imparted a distinctive char...

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