Roman Doric
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A common version of the simplest and plainest of the three main classical orders, which features a frieze with triglyphs and metopes.
Roman Doric
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Roman Doric
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Corbel - a block of stone, elaborately carved, projecting from a wall and sometimes supporting a load like the beams of a roof, floor or vault, or sometimes used for decorative effect only.
The Roman Doric order is known for having a base and the flutes being altered or even omitted. Like the Greek Doric order, the height is based on the diameter. It stands eight times its diameter.
order - Greek temple architecture was divided into three orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), then the Romans added three more (Composite, Roman Doric, Tuscan).
Also Known As: Tuscany, Roman Doric
Common Misspellings: Tusscan, Tuskin, Tuskan
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Tuscan is a simple versions of Roman Doric. Though each order has its own conventions (3), there are many minor variations. The Composite capital combines Ionic volutes with Corinthian foliage.
Greek Doric capitals are fluted and plain, Roman Doric capitals are smooth and plain, Ionic capitals have a rams horns at all four corners, and a Corinthian capital is highly decorative with curling acanthus leaves.
Abacus - The flat slab on the top of a capital: in Greek Doric a tick square slab; in Greek Ionic, Tuscan, Roman Doric and Ionic, square with the lower edge moulded; in Corinthian and Composite with concave sides and the corners cut off.
Doric One of five classical orders, recognizable by its simple capital. The Greek Doric column has a fluted shaft and no base; the Roman Doric column may be fluted or smooth and rests on a molded base.
There are five main orders, each with their own ornaments, proportions, and measurements: Tuscan, Greek Doric (and Roman Doric), lonic, Corinthian, and Composite.
It is supposed to represent the piece of timber through which the wooden pegs were driven in order to hold the rafter in position, and it follows the sloping rake of the roof. In the Roman Doric order the mutule was horizontal, ...
The entablature has a plain architrave, a frieze composd of metopes and triglyphs, and a cornice with projecting blocks (mutules). In Roman Doric, the colun is slimmer than the Greek prototype, is unfluted, and stands on a low base; ...
one-third up the column had an increment, known as the entasis, to correct an optical illusion which makes tapering shafts look concave; the proportions of diameter to height varied with the order employed. Thus, broadly speaking, a Roman Doric ...
In Greece Doric columns rested directly on the floor without the benefit of a pedestal or base moulding. Roman Doric columns tend to be slimmer and sit upon an Attic base. The Doric entablature is characterized by the triglyphs and metopes.
 See also: Roman, Doric, Greek, Capital, Classical
  
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