The Capitals ClipArt gallery includes 169 illustrations of the top component of a column.
"In architecture the slab or plinth which forms the upper member of the capital of a column or pillar,…
Antics are fancies having no foundation in nature, as sphinx, centaurs, etc., different flowers growing…
Antics are fancies having no foundation in nature, as sphinx, centaurs, etc., different flowers growing…
The columns in the ruins of Persepolis are circular and slender, and have capitals and bases. The capital…
"In their private dwellings the Egyptians sometimes used graceful columns and the true arch (both of…
The capital of the antæ and pilasters is without volutes, as is seen here. The shaft has no flutings;…
The capital of the antæ and pilasters is without volutes, as is seen here. The shaft has no flutings;…
In some temples the pillars have, in lieu of capital, the face of a goddess, probably of Isis, with…
The capitals of the columns display an immense variety. The most beautiful have a crater-like form,…
The capitals of the columns display an immense variety. The most beautiful have a crater-like form,…
Figures a and b show the bell-shaped (campaniform) capital. Figure c is a palmiform capital.
The Ancient Persian capital is a design of the fore-parts of bulls. It is an Old Persian style that…
The antique Corinthian capital is a found in Melos, Greece. It is a design of a two rows of leaves that…
The byzantine capital is found in the St. Sophia in Turkey. This design is called a Trapeziform, a byzantine…
"Byzantine Capital. The leading forms of the Byzantine style are the round arch, the circle, and in…
An illustration of a Corithian capital from the Tholos of Epidaurus. In several traditions of architecture…
The structural tendency which prevails in the capitals of all orders to change from the circular form…
A capital of such form as to appear like a cushion pressed upon by the weight of the entablature.
The Doric capital is an Italian Renaissance design consisting of the abacus, which is square and the…