Tuscan order

Tuscan order

Tuscan order

n. Architecture A classical order similar to Roman Doric but having columns with an unfluted shaft and a simplified base, capital, and entablature.

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Tuscan order - a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaftorder - (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

Tuscan order

Tuscan order:

see Doric orderDoric order,
earliest of the orders of architecture developed by the Greeks and the one that they employed for most buildings. It is generally believed that the column and its capital derive from an earlier architecture in wood.
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Tuscan order

One of the five classical orders; a simplified version of the Roman Doric order, with fewer and bolder moldings, unfluted columns, and a plain frieze, and without triglyphs.

Tuscan order

Tuscan order One of the five Classical orders; a simplified version of the Roman Doric order to which it is similar, but has fewer and bolder moldings, unfluted columns, a plain frieze, and no triglyphs; its only decorative details are moldings.

Tuscan order

Related to Tuscan order: Composite order

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noun a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft

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