ILLUSTRATION E
the Apollonian column
Corinthian columns, from Temple of Olympian Zeus Athens, a colossal temple began in the 6th Century AD completed 638 years later by Hadrian in 131 AD; these columns display clearly delineated base & capital, static and with a concise limited vertical space, the very opposite of dispersed or extended
the Faustian column
left image - Early Gothic – Alternating columns and piers, Sens Cathedral (12th century) note the upper section of the pillars which branch out onto the vaulted roof of the nave
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middle image -High Gothic – Clustered columns of Reims Cathedral (13th century)
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right image - Perpendicular Gothic – columns without interruption from floor to the vaults. Canterbury Cathedral nave (late 14th century)
