Identifier: fiveordersofarch00vign (find matches)
Title: The five orders of architecture
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Vignola, 1507-1573 Juglaris, Tommaso Locke, Warren S
Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: (Boston, Press of Berwick & Smith)
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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DORIC PEDESTAL. ViGNOLA gives this Pedestal a height of ò\ moduli^ anddivided it into 3 parts, — Base, Plinth, and Cap. The baseis 10 parts high, and projects 4;- parts. The plinth has aheight of 4 moduli, and a width of 2 moduli and 10 parts.The cap is modulus high, and also projects ^ modulus. The Doric Column. The base is 1 modulus high and projects 5 parts. Vig-nola gives the column 20 flutings, which are described asfollows : The largest circumference of the column is divided into20 parts by points. Place one leg of a pair of compasseson one of these points, and with a radius equal to the chordbetween two adjacent points on the circumference, makean indefinite arc outside the circumference. Reverse the position of the legs of the compasses, andmake another arc, cutting the first. The point B, where the two arcs cross, is the center ofthe arc, forming one fluting. The flutings of the Doric Order meet, forming a sharpedge. The modulus of the Doric Order is divided into 12parts.
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PLATE Vili. THE DORIC CAPITAL AND ENTABLATURE.FiKST Style. This example of the Doric Order is taken from thetheater of Marcellus in Eome, and has the same propor-tions. Vignola gives the Doric capital a diameter, in thebody, of If moduli, a height of 1 modulus (exclusive ofbead at top of column), and 5^ parts of projection. The entablature is 4 moduli high, which is \ the com-bined height of base, column, and capital. The architrave is 1 modulus high, and is crowned by afillet of 1 of its height. Under every triglyph is a little inclined fillet havingpendent bell-shaped drops. (Guttae.) The frieze is 11 moduli high and is adorned with metopeand triglyph. The metopes are always square, and may beornamented with heads of animals, coats-of-arms, trophiesof war, or jnay have symbols explaining the use for whichthe building is designed. The triglyph is 1 modulus wide,and is divided by 2 flutings. In designing the frieze of theDoric Order, whatever license is taken with the triglyphand meto

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