ARCH&UD 30 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Entablature, Pediment, Classical Order
21 Oct 2018
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An essay on architecture marc antoine laugier 1753. In an architectural order only the column, only the entablature pediment may form an essential part of its composition. returning back to nature. Columns should not be engaged (should stand alone) Hates spiral columns like with a passion. Columns are the legs of the building they should not be raised on a pedestal. Pedestals are only good for carrying statues and to make them serve any other purpose is essentially bad taste. The pieces of wood which rest horizontally on the vertical posts to form a ceiling are represented by what we call the entablature. Conclusions of the entablature: (i)that the entablature must always rest on its columns like a lintel (en plate-bolide); (2) that in its whole length it must not have any corner or projection. Do not put anything on a building that you can not give sound reason to. Don"t put pediments on top of eachother.
