The Textbook of Architecture

The Cabinet of Models

Superimposed orders

Arcaded storeys with Tuscan, Ionic and Corinthian columns one above another, as at the Colosseum.

Superimposed orders Open in Models ↗

Illustrates: Ancient Roman · Renaissance

The rules it illustrates

Stronger below, lighter above. When orders are placed one above another, put the stronger below and the more delicate above (Doric under Ionic under Corinthian), and make each upper column a quarter shorter than the one beneath.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters How to Use This Book, Columns in Company.