PHL 187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Doric Order, Corinthian Order, Romanitas
1 Oct 2017
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Explain and describe the common features of the architectural orders. The doric order is characterized by a plain, unadorned column capital and a column that rests directly on the stylo- bate of the temple without a base. The doric entablature includes a frieze composed of trigylphs vertical plaques with three divisions and metopes square spaces for either painted or sculpted decoration. The columns are uted and are of sturdy, if not stocky, proportions. The ionic order incorporates a running frieze of continuous sculptural relief, as opposed to the doric frieze composed of triglyphs and metopes. The de ning element of the corinthian order is its elaborate, carved capital, which incorporates even more vegetal elements than the ionic order does. The stylized, carved leaves of an acanthus plant grow around the capital, generally terminating just below the abacus. Romanitas is the collection of political and cultural concepts and practices by which the romans de ned themselves.
