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 Roman Doric order
linked to: Doric order
namedAfter Dorians
notableExample Parthenon
linked to: the 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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Echo Stoa architecturalStyle Doric order
Parthenon architecturalOrder Doric order
subject linked to: the Parthenon
Callicrates style Doric order
Ictinus architecturalStyle Doric order
Propylaea architecturalOrder Doric
linked to: Doric order
Temple of Apollo at Delphi architecturalStyle Doric order
subject linked to: Temple of Apollo
Corinthian order follows Doric order
Corinthian order moreOrnateThan Doric order
Doric order influenced Roman Doric order
linked to: Doric order
Ionic order follows Doric order
Ionic order contrastsWith Doric order
Classical period hasArtisticStyle Doric order
Old Well columnOrder Doric order
Hellenic architectureIncludes Doric order
Argive Heraion architecturalOrder Doric
linked to: Doric order
Tuscan order comparedTo Doric order
Paestum architecturalStyle Doric order
Hypostyle Room hasColumnOrder Doric order
Temple of Demeter (Agrigento) architecturalStyle Doric order
subject linked to: Temple of Demeter
Temple of Athena (Metapontum) architecturalStyle Doric order
subject linked to: Temple of Athena
Stoa Poikile architecturalStyle Doric order
Theatre of Marcellus hasOrder Doric order (ground level)
subject linked to: Theatre of Marcellus, Rome
linked to: Doric order
Temple of Olympian Zeus (Akragas) architecturalStyle Doric order
subject linked to: Temple of Olympian Zeus
Selinus hasArchitecturalStyle Doric order
South Stoa hasColumnOrder Doric order (exterior colonnade)
linked to: Doric order