The architrave has three fasciae that overlay on each plane that have little to no decoration.
Roof proportion of ionic order.
Less than ten years later palladio measured the greek ruins and published his findings on proportion in the four books of architecture 1570 using a system of proportion nearly the same as vignola.
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The ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture the other two being the doric and the corinthian there are two lesser orders.
It is called ionic because it developed in the ionian islands in the 6th century b c.
The proportion is all wrong.
Each had their own set of proportions and once you picked a column order you were expected to adhere to those proportions.
We touched on it in this post when we discussed metrie mouldings.
The ionic order greek and roman the corinthian order greek and roman the composite order roman vitruvius vignola s and palladio s works can be found via links in the further reading section.
The romans added to these but originally there were three.
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The three orders of greek architecture including the ionic order reflect these golden proportions.
Roman historian vitruvius compared this delicate order to a female form in contrast to the stockier male doric order.
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The ionic capital is characterized by the use of volutes.
It was most popular in the archaic period 750 480 bc in ionia.
But getting back to the formula for perfect architectural proportions.
The architrave the frieze and the cornice.
The tuscan a plainer doric and the rich variant of corinthian called the composite order of the three classical canonic orders the ionic order has the narrowest columns.
Ionic entablatures are approximately 1 5 of the height of the order as a whole and consist of 3 main parts bottom to top.
It stood for only a decade before it was leveled by an earthquake.
For ease of use it is recommended to use michael rouchell s drawing below.
The ionic order column was being practiced in mainland greece in the 5th century bc.
However their work can be a bit convoluted at times.
For instance palladio s ionic column is nine modules high a module being the lower diameter of the column palladio 19.
The next order to be developed by the greeks was the ionic see figure 3.
The first of the great ionic temples was thetemple of hera on samos built about 570 bc 560 bc by the architect rhoikos.
The ionic was used for smaller buildings and interiors.