Doric order The Roman architect Vitruvius, following contemporary practice, outlined in his treatise the procedure for laying out constructions based on a module, which he took to be one half a column's diameter, taken at the base. An illustration of Andrea Palladio's Doric order, as it was laid out, with modules identified, by Isaac Ware, in "The Four Books of Palladio's Architecture" (London, 1738) is illustrated at Vitruvian module. According to Vitruvius the height of Doric columns is six or seven times the diameter at the base. This gives the Doric columns a shorter, thicker look than Ionic columns, which have 8:1
Hôtel de Brucelles is a figure half-body - alternately a man and a woman - dressed in the antique and fashion of the sixteenth century. The capitals of the columns surrounding each window take up the superposition of classical architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian. To the left of the tower, the balusters adorning the superimposed galleries (not originally walled) are also Corinthian, Ionic and Doric. Hôtel de Brucelles The Hôtel de Brucelles in Toulouse, France, is a gothic and Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1925. The Hotel de Brucelles is located at 19