Doric order

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Greek architectural style architectural order classical order

The Doric order is the simplest and most robust of the classical Greek architectural orders, characterized by sturdy fluted columns with plain capitals and no bases, and a frieze of triglyphs and metopes.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Doric	1
Roman Doric order	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek architectural style ⓘ architectural order ⓘ classical order ⓘ
aestheticAssociation	masculine character ⓘ simplicity ⓘ strength ⓘ
characterizedBy	absence of column bases ⓘ fluted columns ⓘ plain capitals ⓘ sturdy columns ⓘ triglyph and metope frieze ⓘ
codifiedIn	classical architectural treatises ⓘ
contrastedWith	Corinthian order ⓘ Ionic order ⓘ
developedInRegion	Peloponnese ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ
documentedBy	Vitruvius ⓘ
earliestUseCenturyBCE	7th century BCE ⓘ
hasComponent	abacus ⓘ architrave ⓘ capital ⓘ column ⓘ cornice ⓘ echinus ⓘ entablature ⓘ fluting ⓘ frieze ⓘ guttae ⓘ metope ⓘ mutule ⓘ regula ⓘ stylobate ⓘ taenia ⓘ triglyph ⓘ
hasNo	column base ⓘ
hasOrigin	Greece ⓘ
hasTypicalCapitalShape	simple echinus and abacus ⓘ
hasTypicalColumnHeightToDiameterRatio	about 4:1 to 8:1 ⓘ
hasTypicalFriezePattern	alternating triglyphs and metopes ⓘ
influenced	Doric order self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman Doric order
namedAfter	Dorians ⓘ
notableExample	the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ Temple of Hera at Olympia ⓘ
partOf	classical architecture ⓘ
revivedIn	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Renaissance architecture ⓘ
usedFor	public buildings ⓘ temples ⓘ
usedIn	ancient Greek architecture ⓘ ancient Roman architecture ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Parthenon → architecturalOrder → Doric order ⓘ

subject surface form: Parthenon

Propylaea → architecturalOrder → Doric order ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doric

Echo Stoa → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Ictinus → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Stoa of the Athenians → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Temple of Apollo → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Temple of Zeus at Cyrene → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Temple of Zeus at Olympia → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Tholos of Delphi → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Treasury of the Athenians → architecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Old Patent Office Building (now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery) → columnOrder → Doric order ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Patent Office Building

Ionic order → contrastsWith → Doric order ⓘ

Corinthian order → follows → Doric order ⓘ

Ionic order → follows → Doric order ⓘ

Renaissance architecture → hasArchitecturalElement → Doric order ⓘ

Greek Antiquity → hasArchitecturalOrder → Doric order ⓘ

Temple of Hera at Olympia → hasArchitecturalOrder → Doric order ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasArchitecturalStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Classical period → hasArtisticStyle → Doric order ⓘ

Gymnasion of Olympia → hasColonnadeOrder → Doric order ⓘ

Classical Greek architecture → hasColumnOrder → Doric order ⓘ

Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio → hasOrder → Doric order ⓘ

Doric order → influenced → Doric order self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Doric order

Corinthian order → moreOrnateThan → Doric order ⓘ

Callicrates → style → Doric order ⓘ