DORIC IONIC CORINTHIAN COMPOSITE TUSCAN

HEIGHT (including capital) of 4 to 9 times the base diameter 10 diameters 10 diameters About 7 diameters high
6 times the diameter at
the base

SHAFT diminishes at top from more slender in proportion shaft resembled Ionic can either be plain or fluted unfluted shaft
3/4 to 2/3 of base than in the Doric
diameter. shaft has
flutes (grooves)

FLUTES Divided into 20 shallow Has 24 flutes separated by 24 flutes consist of (24) flutes around the No flutes
flutes separated by fillets column and fillets in between
arrises them, with the flutes being
rounded off before meeting both
the capital and the base.
CAPITAL two parts - the square Volute or scroll capital much deeper than Ionic, 1 combining prominent volutes of moulded capital
abacus above and (derived from Egyptian and 1/6 diameters high Ionic with acanthus of Corinthian.
circular bulbous lotus and Aegean art) Capital invented by inverted bell-shape platform that
echinus below Callimachus, inspired by is separated from the column’s
basket over root of shaft by an astragal molding
acanthus plant
ENTABLATURE Height is 1 and 3/4 Height was 2 and 1/4 times 3 parts: are the tallest of all the orders at plain entablature
times the lower the diameter of column -Architrave, a height of 2 diameters, and the
diameter in height -Frieze, latter follows the same details
Two parts: -Cornice, developed type that are seen in the Corinthian
3 main divisions: Architrave,with fasciae with dentils entablature.
Architrave, principal - Cornice
beam of 2 or 3 slabs in -No frieze
depth
-Frieze-Cornice,
mouldings

BASE Without base, directly Needed a base to spread Base resembled Ionic With a base With a base
on crepidoma load
1 Dolmen, 2 Carnac , 3Tumulus, 4truloo, 5Igloo,6 Cromlech, 7Wigwam or tepee, 8 Menhir
1 Temple of Hastshepsut , 2Mastabas, 3 Avenue of sphinxes, 4 Ziggurat at Ur, 5pyramid of Gizeh, 6Temple of Khans , 7 Bent Pyramid, 8 Step Pyramid of Zoser, 9
Obelisk, 10 Great Temple of Abu-simbel , 11 Temple of Isis
1 Theater of Epidauros, 2 Agora, 3 Parthenon, 4 Temple of Artemis Ephesus, 5 The Acropolis, 6 Temple of Hera
1 Circus Maximus, 2 The Colosseum, 3 Forum, 4 Arch of Septimius Severu, 5 Baths of Diocletian, 6 The Pantheon, 7 Segovia Aqueduct, 8 Basilica in the Forum
1 St peter’s, 2 S. Sophia, 3 Pisa Cathedral, 4 St Mark, 5 Worms Cathedral, 6Fortifications and town walls