5 Order of Architecture
5 Order of Architecture
5 Order of Architecture
The Ionic order differs from the Doric in having more flutes on its shaft and
in the scrolls, or volutes, that droop over the front and rear portions of the
echinus in the capital. The echinus itself is carved with an egg-and-
dart motif. The height of the entire Ionic order—column, base, capital, and
entablature— is nine lower diameters. The base of the column has two tori
(convex moldings) separated by a scotia. The shaft, which is eight lower
diameters high, has 24 flutes. On the entablature, the architrave is usually
made up of three stepped fasciae (bands). The frieze lacks the Doric triglyph
and metope, and hence this area can hold a continuous band of
carved ornament, such as figural groups.
DORIC
CORINTHIAN
The Corinthian order is the most elegant of the five orders. Its distinguishing
characteristic is the striking capital, which is carved with two staggered rows
of stylized acanthus leaves and four scrolls. The shaft has 24 sharp-edged
flutes, while the column is 10 diameters high.
COMPOSITE