Order

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any of five styles of classical architecture ,doric ,ionic ,conrithian tuscan and composite ,characterized by the type and arrangement of columns and entablatures employed

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order

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the crowning member of a classical cornice usually a cyma recta

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cymatium

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

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corona

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

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bed molding

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the use or arrangement of columns in a structure

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columniation

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having two columns on one or each front

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distyle

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having three columns on one or each front

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tristyle

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having four columns on one or each front

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tetrastyle

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having five columns on one or each front

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pentastyle

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having six column on one or each front

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hexastyle

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having seven columns on one or each front

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heptastyle

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having eight columns on one or each front

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octastyle

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having nine columns on one or each style

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enneastyle

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having 10 columns on one or each front

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decastyle

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12 columns on one or either front ,also dodecastylar,duodecastyle

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dodecastyle

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the space between two adjacent columns usaully the clear space between the lower parts of the shaft ,measured in column diameters ,also a system for spacing columns in a colonnade based on this measurement

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intercolumniation

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uppermost member of a classical entablature,consisting typically of a cymatium,corona and bed molding

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cornice

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the horizontal part of a classical entablature between the cornice and architrave ,often decorated with scuplture in low relief

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frieze

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the lowermost division of a classical entablature,resting directly on the column capitals and supporting the frieze

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architrave

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the distinctively treated upper end of a column ,pillar or pier crowning the shaft and taking the weight of the entablature or architrave

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capital

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the central part of a column or pier between the capital and the based

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shaft

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the lowermost portion of a wall column ,pier ,or other structure usually distinctively treated and considered as an architectural unit

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based

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the part of a pedestal between the base molding and cornice or cap,also called die

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dado

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usually a square slab beneath the based of the column pier ,or pedestal

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plinth

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having intercolumniation of 1 1/2 diameters

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pynostyle

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having an intercolumniatio of 2 diameters

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systyle

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2 1/4

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eustyle

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3 diameters

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dia style

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4 diameters also

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araeostyle

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the horizontal section of a classical order that rest on the column,usually composed of a cornice, frieze, and architrave

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entablature

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a cylindrical support in classical,architecture ,consisting of a capitals,shaft, and usually a base, either monolithic or built up of drum the full diameter of the shaft

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column

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a construction upon which a column statue,memorial shaft or the like ,is elevated ,usually consisting of a base ,a dado and a cornice or cap

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pedestal

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the placement of two columns or pilaster very close together

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accouplement

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the oldest and the simplest the five classical order,developed in greece in the 7th century bce and later immitate by the romans, characterized by a fluted column having no based ,a plain cushion shape capital supporting a square abacus ,ad an entablature consisting of a plain achitrave,a frieze of the triglyphs and metopes and a cornice ,the corona of which has matulus on its soffit , in the roman doric order,the column are more slender and usually have bases, the channeling is sometimes atered or omitted ,and the capital consist of a bandlike ,an echinus ,and a molded abacus

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doric order

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one of the vertical blocks separating the metopes in a doric frieze ,typically having two vertical grooves or glyphs on its face and two chamfers or hemiglyphys at the sides

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triglyph

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any of the panels ,either plain or decorated,between triglyphs in the doric freize ,also called intertriglyphs

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metope

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a raised band or fillet separating the frieze from the architrave on a doric entablature ,also

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taenia/tenia

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a fillet bemeath the taenia in a doric entablature corresponding to a triglyph above and from which guttae are suspended ,also called guttae band

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regula

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the flat slab forming the top of a column capital plain in the doric style ,but molded or otherwise enriches in the other styles

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abacus

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the prominent circular molding supporting abacus of a doric or tuscan capital

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echinus

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an upper part of the column just above the shaft and below the projecting part of the capital, when differentiated by a moling ,groove or the omission of fluting

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necking

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an encirling band molding or fillet ,on a capital or shaft of a column

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annulet

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a decorative motif consisting of series of long rounded ,parallel grooves ,as on the shaft of a classical column

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fluting

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a rounded channel or groove ,also called stria

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flute

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the underside of an architectural element ,as that of an arch ,beam,cornice,or staircase

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soffit

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one of a series of small ,droplike ornaments attached to the undersides of the mutules and regulae of a doric entablature ,also called drop

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gutta

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a projecting flat block under the corona of a doric cornice ,corresponding to the modillion of the other orders

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mutule

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a frieze bearing curvd figure of people or animals

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zorphorus

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that part of the necking between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a classical column

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trachelium

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any member between the capital and the shaft of a classical column

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hypotrachelium

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a slight convexity given to a column to correct an optical illusion of cancavity if the sides were straight

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entasis

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any of several cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pie

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drum

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an ornamental motif for enrichingan ovolo or echinus ,consisting of a closely set ,atlernating series of oval and pointed forms ,also called egg and tongue

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egg and dart

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any of a series of closely spaced ,small ,rectangular blocks forming a molding or projecting beneath the coronas of ionic, corinthian and composite cornices

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dentil

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one of the three horizontal bands making up the architrave in the ionic order

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fascia

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a bas to a classical column consisting of an upper and lower torus separated by a scotia between two fillets

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attic base

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a deep concave between two fillets ,also called trochilus

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scotia

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a large convex ,semicircular molding ,commonly found directly above the plinth of the base of the classical column

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toru

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the underlying part of a foliated capital between the abacus and neck molding

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bell

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an ornament ,such as on the coribthian capital pattern aftercthe large ,toothed leaves of a mediterranean plant of the same name

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acanthus

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one of the five orders popular esp since the beginning of the renaisance but invented by ancient roman ,in which the corinthian orders is modified by superimposing four diagonally set ionic volutes on a bell of corinthian acanthus leaves

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composite order

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an order of columns more than one story in height ,also called giant order

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colossal order

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a classical order that developed in the greek colonies of asia minor in the 6th century bce characterized esp ,by the spiral volutes of it capital ,fluted columns typically had molded bases and supported an entablature consisting of an architrave of three fascias ,and richly ornamented frieze ,and a cornice corbeled out on egg and dart and dentil molding ,roman and renaissance ,example anre often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals 45° to the architrave

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ionic order

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a spiral scroll like ornament, as on the capitals of the ionic ,corithian and composite orders

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volute

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a vertical guidelines through the eye of s volute in an ionic capital ,from which the spiral forms is determined

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cathetus

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a circular molding under the cushion of an ionic capital between the volutes ,usually carved with an egg and dart pattern ,also called cymatium

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echinus

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a narrow part of the surface of a column shaft left between adjoining flutes

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fillet

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a small concave curve joining the shaft of a classical column to its base, also called apophysis

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apophyge

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anornament bracket ,usually in the form of a scroll with acanthus ,used in series beneath the corona of a corithian ,composite ,or roman ionic cornice

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modillion

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a spiral ornament,such as any of the volutes issuing from a cauliculus in a corinthiam capital

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helix

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any of the ornamental stalks rising between the acanthus leaves of a corinthian capital ,from which the volutes spring ,also called caulcole

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cauliculus

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the most ornate of the five classical orders, developed bt hte greek in the 4th century bce but used more extensively ing roman architecture ,similar in most respects to the ionic but usually of slenderer proportion and characterized esp ,by a deep bell shaped capital decorated with acanthus leaves and an abacus with concave sides

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corinthian order