Columns

	Regular
	Fluted – Having regularly spaced vertical and parallel grooves.
	Capital – The top, decorated part of a column or pilaster.
	Corinthian Order- The most ornate of the classical Greek Orders of architecture, characterized by a slender fluted column with a bell shaped capital decorated by stylized alanthus leaves.
	Doric Order- The oldest and simiplest of the Classical Greek Orders, characterized by heavy fluted columns with no base and plain saucer-shaped capitals.
	Ionic Order- A classical Greek Order characterized by a capital with two opposed volutes.
	Volute- A spiral scroll-like ornament most common in Ionic capitals.
	Pier- A long square pillar used to support a portico or porch.
	Pilaster- A flattened column vertically attached to a wall for decoration. Identification is determined by the type of capital and column.