Tuscan order
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The Tuscan order is a simplified classical architectural order characterized by unfluted columns, a plain frieze, and minimal ornamentation, often used in Renaissance and later architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuscan order canonical | 6 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural order
ⓘ
classical order ⓘ column order ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Etruscan architecture ⓘ |
| comparedTo | Doric order ⓘ |
| describedIn |
I quattro libri dell’architettura
ⓘ
surface form:
Palladio’s I quattro libri dell’architettura
Sebastiano Serlio ⓘ
surface form:
Serlio’s architectural treatises
Vignola ⓘ
surface form:
Vignola’s Regola delli cinque ordini d’architettura
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Ordine Toscano
ⓘ
Tuscan column ⓘ |
| hasBaseType | molded base ⓘ |
| hasCapitalType | simple echinus and abacus ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
minimal ornamentation
ⓘ
no metopes ⓘ no triglyphs ⓘ plain frieze ⓘ simple base and capital ⓘ smooth shaft ⓘ unfluted columns ⓘ |
| hasColumnType | unfluted shaft ⓘ |
| hasEntablatureType |
plain architrave
ⓘ
plain frieze ⓘ simple cornice ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | ancient Italy ⓘ |
| hasProportion |
relatively short column height to diameter ratio
ⓘ
sturdy proportions ⓘ |
| hasTypicalUse |
fortified structures
ⓘ
lower stories of buildings ⓘ service or utilitarian spaces ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Etruscan column forms ⓘ |
| isA | simplified Doric order ⓘ |
| partOf |
classical architecture
ⓘ
the five classical orders ⓘ |
| rankWithinOrders | most plain of the classical orders ⓘ |
| systematizedBy |
Andrea Palladio
ⓘ
Vignola ⓘ
surface form:
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
Sebastiano Serlio ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque architecture
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Renaissance architecture ⓘ church architecture ⓘ farmhouses ⓘ military architecture ⓘ palaces ⓘ porches and porticoes ⓘ public buildings ⓘ rustic buildings ⓘ vernacular architecture ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
economy of ornament
ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ solidity ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.