Vintage Illustration Diagram Of Columns - Roman Orders. Editorial Photo

Vintage diagram of columns - Roman Orders. Toscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. Wherein The Proportions and Character of the Members Of their several Pedestals, Columns and Entablatures, Are distinctly consider`d, with respect to the Practice of the Antients and Moderns. The three major classical orders are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The orders describe the form and decoration of Greek and later Roman columns, and continue to be widely used in architecture today. The Doric order is the simplest and shortest, with no decorative foot, vertical fluting, and a flared capital.