The Classical Orders of Architecture

Robert Chitham

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781483278230
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: History of Architecture

The Classical Orders of Architecture elaborates on the classical orders of architecture, including Classicism, Tuscan orders, Doric orders, Ionic orders, and Corinthian orders. The publication first examines the teaching of the orders, need for a new handbook of the orders, Roman and Renaissance theorists, traditional systems of proportion, and metric system of measurement. The text then ponders on historical background and orders in detail. Discussions focus on the Greek orders and comparative Tuscan orders, Doric orders, Ionic orders, Corinthian orders, and Composite orders. The book tackles the orders in detail, including the five orders, Tuscan order, Tuscan capital and entablature, Tuscan base and pedestal, Doric order, Doric base and pedestal, Ionic order and volute, Ionic capital and entablature, Ionic base and pedestal, and the Corinthian order. The manuscript then reviews the use of the orders, as well as diminution and fluting, rustication, pediments, moldings and their enrichment, and characteristics of Classicism. The text is a valuable source of information for architects, historians, and researchers interested in the classical orders of architecture.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The Classical Orders of Architecture
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• CHAPTER 3. THE ORDERS IN DETAIL
• CHAPTER 4. USE OF THE ORDERS
• GLOSSARY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY