DORIC ORDER

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   GREEK DORIC   

  • The column height is between (4) and (6-1/2) diameters.

  • Shaft is most often fluted with (20) shallow, vertical flutes.

  • Capital consists of a square abacus & a rounded, convex echinus, below.

  • No base.  Instead, Greek Doric columns sit directly on a stylobate (or tiered step-like platform).

  • The entablature consists of (3) sections (top to bottom):  the cornice, the frieze, and the architrave.  It is recognized as having minimal ornamentation.

  • The frieze is recognized as having alternating triglyphs and metopes.

  • The column is correlated to strength & stability.
   ROMAN DORIC   

  • The column height is more slender and equal to (8) diameters.

  • Shaft is usually fluted but can also be plain / smooth.

  • Capital is similar to the Tuscan capital, with an occasional addition of egg-and-dart ornamentation on the echinus.

  • The column's neck can have between (4) - (8) decorative rosettes.

  • There are two (2) appropriate base styles - the Roman Doric & the Ionic (Attic).  The Roman Doric base consists of a single torus that rests on a square plinth.  The Attic base consists of (2) rings - an upper & lower torus that is separated by a scotia (concave molding).  They rest on a square plinth.

  • The height of the entablature is slightly reduced and - at the corner of the architrave - the triglyphs are centered over the column instead of covering the corners.

  • Although less-robust than the Greek Doric column, the Roman Doric column is still correlated to strength, sturdiness, and masculinity.

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    • Paestum [Greek Doric] |  (Campania, Italy)
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    • Temple of the Delians [Greek Doric]  |  (Delos, Greece)
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    • Parthenon [Greek Doric]  |  (Athens, Greece)
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    • Tempietto of San Pietro [Roman Doric]  |  (Montorio, Rome, Italy)
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    • Theatre of Marcellus / First level [Roman Doric]  |  (Rome, Italy)
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    • Palace of Charles V [Roman Doric]  |  (Granada, Spain)
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    • For doorways and entrances where only one pair of columns is needed.

    • Greek Doric - for large, two-story Greek Revival balconies.

    • For museums and memorials.

    • Porches (linear or wrap-around).

    • The lowest story of a building.

    • For the interior & exterior of church buildings.

    • For colonnades, walkways, and pergolas.

    • As interior room dividers – instead of walls.

    • For more simple-style homes / buildings where a sense of robustness is preferred.


    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Brandwein, Martin.  “CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE:  A HANDBOOK OF THE TRADITION FOR TODAY.”  Institue of Classical Architecture & Art.  Web.  Oct.-Nov. 2017.

    Onians, John.  Bearers of meaning:  The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.  Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990.

    Stratton, Arthur.  The orders of architecture, Greek, Roman and Renaissance, with selected examples of their application shown on 80 plates.  London:  Studio Editions, 1986.