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Some reliefs portray small façades of temples with capitals. This figure shows an affinity, although it be a remote one, with the Corinthian capital.

Capital in a Bas-Relief from Kuyunjik

Some reliefs portray small façades of temples with capitals. This figure shows an affinity, although…

Some reliefs portray small façades of temples with capitals. This figure brings out prominently the similarity of many details with Grecian art.

Capital in a Bas-Relief from Kuyunjik

Some reliefs portray small façades of temples with capitals. This figure brings out prominently…

The structural tendency which prevails in the capitals of all orders to change from the circular form of the shaft into the square is modified in the Ionic by the voluted nature of the capital, and in the Corinthian by representations of vegetable life.

Corinthian Capital

The structural tendency which prevails in the capitals of all orders to change from the circular form…