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Order of Greek architecture, with fluted columns, scroll ornamentation (5)?

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1. Doric
2. Five classical orders; GREEK 1. Greek Doric columns are most common. The Parthenon in Athens provides a fine example of these. Greek Doric columns are plain, even to the capital. Unique among the five types, Greek Doric columns have no base. 2. Greek Ionic columns are characterized by a circular base and a shallow capital decorated with curled designs known as volutes. 3. Greek Corinthian columns have elaborate capitals, surpassed in detail only by the Roman Composite, which combined details of both the Corinthian and the Ionic. Corinthian columns feature rows of carved leaves, often extending partly down the shaft, making them particularly eye-catching if ceilings are high enough to support a decorated entablature or horizontal section. ROMAN 4. Roman Doric columns were similar to those of the Greeks, with the exception that the Romans provided a base. 5. Roman Tuscan columns were refined Doric, but even plainer. The shafts had no fluting, the capitals no decorative carving.
3. Ancient Greek architecture used three orders, Doric, Ionic and (later) Corinthian. All three had fluted columns. If by scroll ornamentation you mean the heices of the capitals then it is Ionic.