13/11/2020 Pillar first sketch ideas + Research

Greek Orders

In Ancient Greek architecture there are three distinct orders. These are Ionic, Doric and Corinthian

I did some rough sketches of some ideas for my pillar, i included the tops, center and base as well as some symbols. The symbols are very common in Greek mythology.

I visited some real life pillars to get a better idea of the size proportions. These pillars seemed to be similar to Corinthian types.

Here is my final design of the column, base and capital.