Ionic or Corinthian?
Greeks were vanguards of human civilization in many ways. They brought to us the brilliance of temples not only as place of worship but also as a mark of culture and prevailing society. Quite opposite to the Doric masculine order, the Ionic order suggested being influenced by the female form. It first surfaced from the Ionian island. The style was chiefly used for short structures with no grand motive. The volutes were festooned with nautilus shells and horns of animals.
After discovering a goblet rounded by leaves, a sculptor named Callimachus shaped the entire Corinthian order. The name is derived from the city of Corinth. The architecture did not find much feet on the Greek shores though.
While the capital of the Corinthian order is far more embellished than the ionic form, its foundation and center are almost similar to the ionic order of the Greek civilization.
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