Ionic order
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Title
Ionic order
Subject
Architectural order
Description
The Ionic is one of the three basic architectural orders, already mentioned by the Roman architect Vitruvius (80/70 BC – after 15 AD) in his work De architectura libri decem (“ten books on architecture”). Typical for the Ionic is a capital with distinct volutes (two spirals) on top of the columns. The architrave which lies directly on the capitals, is tripartite and the frieze above the architrave is often adorned with figures.
The Ionic order was revived also in later times and appears on buildings in Saigon, e.g. the Paragon Building in District 7, where the Ionic columns are very prominent.
Reference:
Vitruv, De architectura 4.1.1–3
Hopkins, Owen. 2012. Reading Architecture. A Visual Lexicon. London: Laurence King Publishing, 67.
smarthistory.org (6 March 2022)
Creator
Elisabeth Günther
Rights
Illustration: Julien David Le Roy (1724-1803), published in Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grace (1758), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Coverage
Citation
Elisabeth Günther, “Ionic order,” Augustus in Saigon!?, accessed November 22, 2024, https://augustusinsaigon.uni-trier.de/items/show/2.