An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius
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[Sidenote: _Lib. 3. Chap. 2. _] But the Ordinary Practice is, to give to the Pillars of the _Areostyle_kind, the Magnitude of the 8th part of their height.
As to the _Diastyle_ and _Eustyle_, the height is divided into Eightparts and an half, to give one to the breadth.
In the _Systyle_ Kind, the Height is divided into Nine parts and anhalf, and one is given to the thickness.
In the _Picnostyle_, the thickness of the Pillar is the 10th part of theheight, the reason of these different Proportion...s is founded upon this, that these Pillars do seem to lose of their thickness according as theyare in Proportion great or long; and it's likewise for this Reason, thatit is thought convenient to have the Pillars in the Corners thicker by a50th part. See Tab. II. And Tab. III.
ART. III.
_Of the Five Orders of Architecture_.
The Five Orders of Architecture are, the _Thuscan_, the _Dorick_, the_Ionick_, the _Corinthian_, and the _Compound_.
These Orders were Invented to satisfie the Design that might be had ofmaking Fabricks more or less Massy, and more or less adorn'd, for theDistinction of these Orders consists in two things, that as the_Thuscan_ and _Dorick_ Order are more massy and less adorn'd, so the_Corinthian_ and _Compound_ are Slenderer and Richer, the _Ionick_ holdsthe Middle, as well in its Proportions, as its Ornaments, being lessmassy and more adorn'd than the _Thuscan_ and the _Dorick_, and moremassy and less adorn'd than the _Compound_ and the _Corinthian_.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
[Sidenote: _Lib. 3. Chap. 2. _] But the Ordinary Practice is, to give to the Pillars of the _Areostyle_kind, the Magnitude of the 8th part of their height.
As to the _Diastyle_ and _Eustyle_, the height is divided into Eightparts and an half, to give one to the breadth.
In the _Systyle_ Kind, the Height is divided into Nine parts and anhalf, and one is given to the thickness.
In the _Picnostyle_, the thickness of the Pillar is the 10th part of theheight, the reason of these different Proportion...s is founded upon this, that these Pillars do seem to lose of their thickness according as theyare in Proportion great or long; and it's likewise for this Reason, thatit is thought convenient to have the Pillars in the Corners thicker by a50th part. See Tab. II. And Tab. III.
ART. III.
_Of the Five Orders of Architecture_.
The Five Orders of Architecture are, the _Thuscan_, the _Dorick_, the_Ionick_, the _Corinthian_, and the _Compound_.
These Orders were Invented to satisfie the Design that might be had ofmaking Fabricks more or less Massy, and more or less adorn'd, for theDistinction of these Orders consists in two things, that as the_Thuscan_ and _Dorick_ Order are more massy and less adorn'd, so the_Corinthian_ and _Compound_ are Slenderer and Richer, the _Ionick_ holdsthe Middle, as well in its Proportions, as its Ornaments, being lessmassy and more adorn'd than the _Thuscan_ and the _Dorick_, and moremassy and less adorn'd than the _Compound_ and the _Corinthian_.
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