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The Rise Of The Five Orders Of Architecture.
its ornaments to suit certain purposes , and adapted by thc inhabitants of Tuscany ( who were a colony of the Dorians ) , yet there is a peculiar beauty in its simplicity , which adds to its value , and renders it fit to be used in structures where the rich and more delicate orders might be deemed superfluous .
The Doric is the first of the Grecian orders , and is placed second in the list of the five orders of architecture . Its column , agreeably to the modern proportions , is eight diameters high , it has no ornament except mouldings on either base or capital ; its frieze is distinguished by triglyphs and metopesand its cornice by mutules ; being the most
, ancient of all the orders , it retains more of the primitive hut style in its form than any of the rest ; the triglyphs in the frieze represent the ends of the joists , and the mutules in its cornice represent the rafters . The composition of this order is both grand and noble ; being formed after the model of a muscular full grown man , delicate
ornaments are repugnant to its characteristic solidity ; it therefore succeeds best in the regularity of its proportions , and is principally used in warlike structures , where strength
and a noble simplicity is required . At this era their buildings , although admirably calculated for strength and convenience , wanted something in grace and elegance which a continual observation of tho softer sex supplied ; for the eye that is charmed with symmetry , must be conscious of woman's elegance and
beauty ; this gave rise to the Ionic order . Its column is nine diameters high , its capital is adorned with volutes , and its cornice has dentils . History informs us that the famous Temple of Diana , at Ephesas , which was upwards of two hundred years in building , was composed of this order . Both elegance and ingenuity were displayed in
the invention of this column ; it is formed after the model of a beautiful young woman , of an elegant shape , dressed in her hair , as a contrast to that of the Doric , which represents a strong robust man . Thus the human genius began to bud , the leaf and flower ripening to perfectionproducing the fairest and
, finest fruits—every liberal art , every ingenious science which could civilize , refine , and exalt mankind ; then it was that Masonry put on her richest robes , and decked herself with her most gorgeous apparel . A new capital was invented at Corinth , by Callimachus , which gave rise to the Corinthian , VOl ,. I . V u
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Rise Of The Five Orders Of Architecture.
its ornaments to suit certain purposes , and adapted by thc inhabitants of Tuscany ( who were a colony of the Dorians ) , yet there is a peculiar beauty in its simplicity , which adds to its value , and renders it fit to be used in structures where the rich and more delicate orders might be deemed superfluous .
The Doric is the first of the Grecian orders , and is placed second in the list of the five orders of architecture . Its column , agreeably to the modern proportions , is eight diameters high , it has no ornament except mouldings on either base or capital ; its frieze is distinguished by triglyphs and metopesand its cornice by mutules ; being the most
, ancient of all the orders , it retains more of the primitive hut style in its form than any of the rest ; the triglyphs in the frieze represent the ends of the joists , and the mutules in its cornice represent the rafters . The composition of this order is both grand and noble ; being formed after the model of a muscular full grown man , delicate
ornaments are repugnant to its characteristic solidity ; it therefore succeeds best in the regularity of its proportions , and is principally used in warlike structures , where strength
and a noble simplicity is required . At this era their buildings , although admirably calculated for strength and convenience , wanted something in grace and elegance which a continual observation of tho softer sex supplied ; for the eye that is charmed with symmetry , must be conscious of woman's elegance and
beauty ; this gave rise to the Ionic order . Its column is nine diameters high , its capital is adorned with volutes , and its cornice has dentils . History informs us that the famous Temple of Diana , at Ephesas , which was upwards of two hundred years in building , was composed of this order . Both elegance and ingenuity were displayed in
the invention of this column ; it is formed after the model of a beautiful young woman , of an elegant shape , dressed in her hair , as a contrast to that of the Doric , which represents a strong robust man . Thus the human genius began to bud , the leaf and flower ripening to perfectionproducing the fairest and
, finest fruits—every liberal art , every ingenious science which could civilize , refine , and exalt mankind ; then it was that Masonry put on her richest robes , and decked herself with her most gorgeous apparel . A new capital was invented at Corinth , by Callimachus , which gave rise to the Corinthian , VOl ,. I . V u