Ionic Order
Ordine Ionico
The classical order of architecture, originated by the Ionian Greeks, characterized mainly by the ornaments that appear on the capitals of the columns, called volutes, and the base supports of the columns, not found in Doric columns.
Ordine classico dell'architettura, originato dai Greci ionici, caratterizzato principalmente dagli ornamenti che compaiono sui capitelli delle colonne, chiamati volute, e sui sostegni di base delle colonne, non presenti nelle colonne doriche.
Ionic order
The classical order of architecture, originated by the Ionian Greeks, characterized by its capital with large volutes, a fasciated entablature, continuous frieze, usually dentils in the cornice, and by its elegant detailing, less heavy than the Doric order, less elaborate than the Corinthian order.
Architectural style presumably developed in Ionia and on some of the Greek islands by the 6th century BC. More ornamental and graceful than Doric. Considered by ancient Greeks to be feminine as opposed to the more masculine Doric style. The Ionic column rests on an elaborate curving base column shaft more slender than Doric style height to base ratio of early Ionic columns 8 to 1 Doric ratio 4 to 1 and 6 to 1 fluting on shaft is more prominent than on Doric column significant detail is found in the capital two spiral volutes design element resembling partially unrolled scrolls Ionic capital is directional front and back are different that the sides. The typical Ionic entablature features an architrave with three parallel bands a decorative frieze featuring continuous sculpture decoration not divided into triglyphs and metopes as typical of the Doric style and borders of carved dentils rows of square shaped teeth.""