VDA - Order (Part 2/2)

The oldest and simplest of the five classical orders, developed in Greece in the 7th century BCE and later imitated by the Romans

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

Characterized by a fluted column having no base, a plain cushion-shaped capital supporting a square abacus, and an entablature consisting of a plain architrave, a frieze of triglyphs and metopes, and a cornice, the corona of which has mutules on its soffit

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

The Roman version of this order has columns that are more slender and usually have bases, the channeling is sometimes altered or omitted, and the capital consists of a band-like necking, an echinus, and a molded abacus

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

A classical order of Roman origin, basically a simplified Roman Doric

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

Characterized by an unfluted column and a plain base, capital, and entablature having no decoration other than moldings

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

One of the five classical orders, popular esp. since the beginning of the Renaissance but invented by the ancient Romans

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

The Corinthian order is modified by superimposing four diagonally set Ionic volutes on a bell of Corinthian acanthus leaves.

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

A classical order that developed in the Greek colonies of Asia Minor in the 6th century BCE

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

Characterized esp. by the spiral volutes of its capital

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

The fluted columns typically had molded bases and supported an entablature consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings.

• Doric order

• Tuscan order

• Composite order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order