Tuscan Order
The Tuscan Order which is the simplest of all the orders, is distinguished by the following: ...
Tuscan Order
A Roman order resembling the Doric without a fluted shaft.
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Tuscan Order
One of the five orders of classical architecture. The Tuscan order was developed in Rome and does not appear in ancient Greece.
Tuscan order - a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft
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The Tuscan order has a very plain design, with a plain shaft, and a simple capital, base, and frieze. It is a simplified adaptation of the Doric order by the Romans.
Origins of the Tuscan Order:
Historians debate when the Tuscan Order emerged. Some say that Tuscan was a primitive style that came before the famous Greek Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders.
There are also two other types of classical orders, the Tuscan and the Composite. The Tuscan order is very plain, with a plain shaft, a simple capital and base, and a plain frieze.
Echinus
A convex, cushion like molding between the shaft and the abacus in the Doric or Tuscan order; in an Ionic capital, found beneath the volutes, generally in decorated form. Image courtesy of Heather Russel ...
The Romans, desiring a style of column all their own, adapted the simple nature of the Doric column, and designed what we know today as the Tuscan order.
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Turret A small, slender tower.
Tuscan Order A classical order noted for its simplicity; unfluted columns, unadorned capitals
and plain entablatures.
TUSCAN ORDER: a severely plain form of the classical column consisting as usual of a base, shaft, capital and entablature, but entirely without ornament except for the customary fillets.
 See also: Tuscan, Architecture, Doric, Classical, Capital
  
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