Plate 21. Doric Order of Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio (1518-1580) allowed himself little deviation from his models, although he has not given the corona of the cornice such a strong projection as we find on the Doric order of the Theatre of Marcellus. One could criticise that he has undercut the drops of the soffit too much, but it seems to have been his purpose thereby to make the cornice appear stronger, to compensate in a measure for the considerably lessened projection. He has not used dentils, his triglyphs project, and the tænia whereon the drops or guttæ hang breaks out around, although the antiques continued unbroken. The architrave has two facias similar to the Baths of Diocletian on the previous plate. The capital is the same as at Marcellus, except it differs in the proportions of its members. The impost also is arranged similar to that model.