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COMPOSITE See also:ORDER , in See also:architecture, a See also:compound of the Ionic and Corinthian orders (see See also:ORDER), the See also:chief characteristic of which is found in the See also:capital (q.v.), where a See also:double See also:row of See also:acanthus leaves, similar to those carved See also:round the Corinthian capital, has been added under the Ionic volutes . The richer decoration of the Tonic capital had already been employed in those of the See also:Erechtheum, where the necking was carved with the palmette or See also:honeysuckle . Similar decorated Ionic capitals were found in the See also:forum of See also:Trajan . The earliest example of the Composite capital is found in the See also:arch of See also:Titus at See also:Rome . The See also:entablature was borrowed from that of the Corinthian order . |
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