The end of the Geometric period led to the beginning of the Orientalizing period, dated between 700 and 600 BC. In this time frame, the Greeks introduced a new innovation, the Peripterus Temple. For many years previously, a row of colonnades was used internally primarily to support the roof of the building. In contrast, columns are used on the exterior, creating a visual wall around the building exposing parts of the interior. In the temple there was the megaron style, taken from the houses of the Bronze Age. It was also during the period of Eastern influence that the first true stone temples arose, and terracotta tiles appeared to support the weight of these new stone temples. The population increased dramatically, introducing new techniques and styles, which blended together to form balanced and symmetrical designs. It was during this period that two major Greek designs were developed, the Ionic order and the Doric order. (Pedley, 2012: p. 180) The Doric order, being the first and simplest, consisted of baseless columns placed next to each other, as the Greeks did not know how much weight the shortened columns could support. The reason behind this was the lack of length of the columns, which were meant to support less weight and therefore forced to be closer together. This tight arrangement created a very bold statement in the Doric temple. The capital, which sat atop the concave-shaped shaft, was left simple, but when grouped alongside others it suggested a bold harmony. On the other hand, the Ionic order was less bulky and more delicate than the Doric order. The top of the capital is decorated with two volutes, also called volutes, which could resemble a shell or animal horns. Above the capital, there was a surrounding frieze representing...... middle of paper ......h DS Lapatin. Ancient Greece: art, architecture and history. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004. Fyfe, Theodore. Hellenistic architecture; an introductory study. Cambridge: UP, 1936. Martin, Roland. Greek architecture. Milan: Electaarchitecture, 2003. Neils, Jenifer. The Parthenon: from Antiquity to the present day. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2005. Pedley, John, G. Greek Art and Archaeology. Fifth edition. New Jersey: Pearson, 2012. Robertson, D. S. Greek and Roman Architecture. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1969. Scully, Vincent. Architecture: the natural and the artificial. New York: St. Martin's, 1991. Shuter, Jane. The Acropolis. Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2000. Taylor, William. Greek architecture. New York: John Day, 1971. Tzonis, Alexander and Phoebi Giannisi. Classical Greek architecture: the construction of the modern. Paris: Flammarion, 2004.