VDA - Order (Part 1/2)

The crowning member of a classical cornice, usually a cyma recta

• Cymatium

• Corona

• Bed molding

• Entablature

The projecting, slab-like member of a classical cornice, supported by the bed molding and crowned by the cymatium

• Architrave

• Corona

• Frieze

• Entablature

The molding or group of moldings immediately beneath the corona of a cornice

• Cymatium

• Frieze

• Bed molding

• Entablature

The horizontal section of a classical order that rests on the columns, usually composed of a cornice, frieze, and architrave

• Cymatium

• Corona

• Bed molding

• Entablature

The use or arrangement of columns in a structure

• Columniation

• Intercolumniation

The space between two adjacent columns, usually the clear space between the lower parts of the shafts, measured in column diameters

• Columniation

• Intercolumniation

A system for spacing columns in a colonnade based on this measurement

• Columniation

• Intercolumniation

Having two columns on one or each front

• Distyle

• Tristyle

• Tetrastyle

• Pentastyle

• Hexastyle

Having three columns on one or each front

• Distyle

• Tristyle

• Tetrastyle

• Pentastyle

• Hexastyle

Having four columns on one or each front

• Distyle

• Tristyle

• Tetrastyle

• Pentastyle

• Hexastyle