. Architecture for general students. Column and Entablature- 56 Doric Order. — The Doric order is the oldest aswell as the simplest. The column, consisting of theshaft and capital, is from four to sixdiameters in height. It has no base,but rests directly upon the stylobate,a platform rising by three stepsfrom the substructure, and formingthe pavement or floor of the capital in this order consists ofDoric Order. a flat squarc tile called the abacus,resting upon a large ovolo, or quarter round convexmoulding. The shaft has twenty flutings, each lessthan a semicircle,
. Architecture for general students. Column and Entablature- 56 Doric Order. — The Doric order is the oldest aswell as the simplest. The column, consisting of theshaft and capital, is from four to sixdiameters in height. It has no base,but rests directly upon the stylobate,a platform rising by three stepsfrom the substructure, and formingthe pavement or floor of the capital in this order consists ofDoric Order. a flat squarc tile called the abacus,resting upon a large ovolo, or quarter round convexmoulding. The shaft has twenty flutings, each lessthan a semicircle, and meeting together in sharpedges. In all the orders, the shafts diminish in di-ameter from the base upwards about one sixth orone seventh of their diameter, and the lower diam-eter is the unit of measure for all parts of the col-umns and entablature. In this as well as the otherorders, the entablature is divided into three parts —the architrave, the frieze, and the cornice ; the archi-trave rests directly upon the columns ; the frieze isplaced above it; and surmounting
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