Cretan column

Cretan columns in Knossos .

A Cretan column is a column shape common in Minoan buildings , in which the column shaft tapers downwards, in contrast to the Greek column, so that the diameter at the base is significantly smaller than at the capital . Cretan columns stand on a flat base and are closed at the top by a bead-shaped capital and an abacus plate.

literature

• Christoph Höcker : Metzler Lexicon of Ancient Architecture. 2nd edition Metzler, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-476-02294-3 . P. 151