Column stays the same on all non tapered columns. This was done to the columns to add visual interest to them. The ionic order and the corinthian orders are the only column styles that have fillets and flutes. The doric style has flutes but not fillets. Doric flutes are connected at a sharp point where the fillets are located on ionic and corinthian order columns. Most classical columns arise from a basis, or base, that rests on the stylobate, or foundation, except for those of the Doric order, which usually rest directly on the stylobate. The basis may consist of several
Simon Bosboom after the dismissal of Willem de Keyser, and in 1657, the year of Van Campen's death, Bosboom was promoted to city architect. Just as Hubertus Quellinus had done for the city hall in 1665, Bosboom published a small instructional booklet on architecture with engravings after Vincenzo Scamozzi entitled "Cort onderwys van de Vyf Colommen"; or "Short instruction on the five columns (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, Composite)". His book earned him an honorary place in Cornelis de Bie's book of artists. He wrote that he helped Jacob van Campen and Artus Quellinus with decorations for the City Hall of Amsterdam, built