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10 matches to Vendôme Column
Callimachus. 5C BC Greek sculptor. First Corinthian columns.
Caryatid. Draped female figure used as arch. column. Esp. Erechtheum, Athens c420BC.
Corinthian. Most recent style of Classical Greek Architecture. Acanthus leaves on column capital.
Doric. 7C BC. Order of Greek architecture. Baseless columns with square capitals.
Fifth Column. 1936. Fascists within besieged Madrid who assisted Franco’s attackers. Term generally applied to subversives since.
Ionic Order. 6C BC. Greek architectural style. Fluted columns with scroll-shaped capital.
Morris Pillars. Parisian advertising columns erected in 1869.
Railton, William. Designed Nelson’s Column, 1839.
Trajan. 53-117. Spanish Roman Emperor 98-. First bridge across Danube. Column 106. Aqueduct 109. Extended Suez Canal.
Vendôme Column. Paris. 1805. Has had statues of Napoleon as Caesar, Henry IV, a Fleur-de-lys, Napoleon in uniform, and now a copy of the original.