Buildings in ancient Greece often had many marble columns like this lined up around them. Search on the Internet for pictures of the Parthenon, located at the top of a hill called the Acropolis, in Athens. What might it have felt like to climb that hill and approach a building lined with huge columns like this?
This kind of white marble pillars column, with scrolls (called volutes) at the top, is known as an Ionic column. Doric columns are the plainest and were invented first; Corinthian columns are the fanciest, with designs of leaves at the top, and were invented last. All three were an ancient Greek invention, but they are still used today.
Think of the White House, the United States Supreme Court, and—you guessed it—The Metropolitan Museum of Art! Once you start looking for columns, you’ll see them in so many places, especially on important public buildings, like libraries. Are there any buildings with columns in your hometown?
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