Composite order

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The Composite order is a classical architectural style that combines elements of the Ionic and Corinthian orders, most notably featuring volutes and acanthus leaves in its ornate capitals.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Composite order canonical 11
Composite column 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
classical architectural order ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Roman Composite order ⓘ
linked to: Corinthian order
associatedWith Roman imperial architecture ⓘ
capitalFeatures Corinthian acanthus foliage ⓘ
Ionic volutes ⓘ
capitalPosition top of column ⓘ
characterizedBy acanthus leaves ⓘ
ornate capitals ⓘ
volutes ⓘ
codifiedIn Renaissance architectural treatises ⓘ
columnProportion slender ⓘ
combinesElementsOf Corinthian order ⓘ
Ionic order ⓘ
decorativeComplexity highest among classical orders ⓘ
developedIn ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
documentedBy Andrea Palladio ⓘ
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ⓘ
linked to: Vignola
entablatureType richly ornamented entablature ⓘ
hasComponent base ⓘ
capital ⓘ
entablature ⓘ
shaft ⓘ
influenced Baroque architecture ⓘ
linked to: Baroque

Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Greek architecture ⓘ
originPeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
originRegion Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf classical orders of architecture ⓘ
relativeToCorinthian more elaborate capital ⓘ
relativeToIonic more ornate capital ⓘ
standardBaseType Attic base ⓘ
symbolizes grandeur ⓘ
opulence ⓘ
typicalShaftType fluted column shaft ⓘ
typicalUseContext representative and ceremonial buildings ⓘ
usedFor columns ⓘ
pilasters ⓘ
usedIn church architecture ⓘ
monumental facades ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ
triumphal arches ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Corinthian order → influenced → Composite order ⓘ
Ionic order → influenced → Composite order ⓘ
Roman architecture → columnOrderUsed → Composite order ⓘ
De architectura → describes → Composite order ⓘ
Attic base → associatedWith → Composite order ⓘ
Ten Books on Architecture → describes → Composite order ⓘ
Tuscan column → hasRelative → Composite column ⓘ
linked to: Composite order
Tower of the Five Orders → highestOrder → Composite order ⓘ