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Tuscan Order [1 record]

Record 1 1997-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A simplified version of the Roman Doric Order, having a plain frieze and no mutules in the cornice.

OBS

Toscan. Obsolete or alien form of Tuscan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

[...] l'ordre toscan: cet ordre romain est un remaniement de l'ordre dorique, il s'en distingue surtout par l'absence de cannelures de son fût, et par la sobriété de son entablement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
DEF

Orden romano, forma simplificada del orden dórico. Carece de detalles decorativos.

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