Practice question · Numerical answer
How many orders did Renaissance theory canonise?
Hints
- The Greeks used three.
- Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, plus Tuscan and Composite.
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5
Why
Five. The Greeks used three — Doric, Ionic and Corinthian — and Renaissance theory added Tuscan and Composite from Roman practice. The canonisation matters because it turned a set of inherited practices into a teachable system with rules.
Practise Architecture II: Reading a Building
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