. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . N ARCHITECTURE. Q. Give a general idea of what the so-called classicstyles include. A, The classic styles are the various styles foundedand practiced by the ancient Greeks and Romans, Otherstyles were developed from these, the principal of whichare the Romanesque or Byzantine, the Italian, includ-ing the Florentine, modern, Roman and Venetian, andthe Renaissance. Q, Name some of the distinguishing features ofGreek and Roman architecture. A. The column, entablature and pediment, togetherwith pilasters, colonnades, arcades and porticoes
. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . N ARCHITECTURE. Q. Give a general idea of what the so-called classicstyles include. A, The classic styles are the various styles foundedand practiced by the ancient Greeks and Romans, Otherstyles were developed from these, the principal of whichare the Romanesque or Byzantine, the Italian, includ-ing the Florentine, modern, Roman and Venetian, andthe Renaissance. Q, Name some of the distinguishing features ofGreek and Roman architecture. A. The column, entablature and pediment, togetherwith pilasters, colonnades, arcades and porticoes. Q. What is a column? (See Plate 2.) A. A column is a perpendicular erection of timber,stone or iron, and is used to support the weight of su-perincumbent parts of the building. In classic archi-tecture the column, with its appurtenance, forms theprincipal distinguishing feature of the different orders. Q. Describe the different parts of a column. A. The principal parts are the base, the shaft and EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTUKE 15 THE FROI^liLv^LA ATATHENH. PLATE 2 Q) EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITEOTURS the capital, the base and the capital being subdividedinto different parts, each of which had its name andproportion. Indeed, the column is so important a partof classic architecture that the exact proportions ofeach part are settled by rule, according to the orderused. (Fig. 1.) Q. What is an abacus? A. A flat slab or tablet forming the upper memberof a capital. In the Tuscan and Doric orders it issquare, but in the other orders it is hollowed out at thesides and the corners cut off. Q. What are pilasters? A. Pilasters are flat, square columns attached to awall, behind a column or along the side of a building,and projecting from the wall about a fourth or a sixthpart of their breadth. The Greeks had a slightly differ-ent design for the capitals of pilasters and made themthe 3ame width at top as at bottom, but the Romansgave them the same capitals as the columns and madethem of diminish
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