Overview Alright, you’ve done your research, you’ve meticulously scoured the internet for examples of the different orders to find the exact one to fit your style, you’re ready to pull the trigger when you ask yourself “How do I know how many of these I need?” Don’t worry, Vitruvius had an answer for that as…
Author: Kody Goss
History The composite order is the “newest” of the five orders, not being found in Greek architecture and not being classified into its own order until the Renaissance. The consensus is the earliest known example of the Composite order is the Arch of Titus, built in 82 AD. For the most part, it follows the…
History In addition to the three Greek orders we have already covered (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian), there are two Roman orders that round out the canonical 5 orders of Architecture. This week we will be looking at the first of those orders, the Tuscan Order. The Tuscan Order was not part of Vitruvius’s De Architectura,…
History The Corinthian Order was the latest developed Greek order, with the earliest known example coming in the form of the Temple of Apollo Epicurious, dating to 450-420 BC. While the name Corinthian does stem from the city of Corinth, Vitruvius credits the order to the Athenian Sculptor Callimachus who was reportedly inspired after seeing…
History The Ionic order is the second of the Greek orders, finding its roots in Ionia, a coastal region of what is modern day Turkey during the middle of 6th century B.C.E. before making it to mainland Greece in the 5th century B.C.E. The Ionic column’s most recognizable feature is its capital, which contains 4…
Introduction While Vitruvius was Roman, in De Architectura he shows great respect for the Greek thinkers and architects that came before him. In fact, much of the writings were directly collected from these Greek thinkers and put into the book rather than being written by Vitruvius himself. The Greeks are often credited with being the…
Odds are at some point in time you have heard of, or seen, Leonardo da Vinci’s famed drawing, Vitruvian Man. The drawing depicts a nude man in two superimposed positions, one with legs together and arms straight out and the other with legs spread apart and arms raised. Surrounding the figure, you see both a…
Introducing: The Building Blocks of History. In this series we will be exploring the historical impact of architectural products over the course of multiple weeks. The first series will be on Columns.