Doric order

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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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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

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Temple of Ares architecturalStyle Doric order
Palace of Charles V hasOrder Doric order
this entity surface form: Doric order (ground floor)
Dorian associatedArchitecture Doric order