Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des Anciens

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Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des Anciens is a 17th-century architectural treatise by Claude Perrault that systematically analyzes and codifies the classical orders of columns based on ancient methods.

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instanceOf architectural treatise
book
aimsTo provide rational rules for architectural orders
standardize column proportions
analyzes Composite order
Corinthian order
Doric order
Ionic order
Tuscan order
appliesMethod method of the Ancients
associatedWith Académie royale d’architecture
author Claude Perrault
contributor Claude Perrault
countryOfOrigin France
describes bases and capitals of columns
entablatures
proportions of columns
field architectural history
architecture
focusesOn codification of classical column proportions
systematic analysis of column orders
genre architectural theory
treatise on architecture
hasAuthorRole Claude Perrault
historicalContext French classicism
Reign of Louis XIV
surface form: Louis XIV period
influencedBy ancient Greek architectural practice
ancient Roman architectural theory
intendedAudience architects
students of architecture
language French
mainSubject architectural orders
classical orders of architecture
numberOfColumnOrdersDiscussed 5
perspective rationalist approach to classical orders
relatedTo classical architecture
theory of proportions
timePeriod 17th century
usedIn architectural education

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Claude Perrault notableWork Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des Anciens