Retrospective Columns: Ionic Capitals and Perceptions of the Past in Greek Architecture

An innovative study of how and why ancient Greek builders sometimes combined older and contemporary carving styles when making capitals

The Ionic order of ancient Greek architecture gradually evolved over the course of the sixth century BCE. In Retrospective Columns, Samuel Holzman examines an overlooked group of nine Ionic monuments that are varied in design but have capitals that combine the pillowy, convex volutes of sixth-century Ionia on one side and the crisp concave volutes of more co...