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Definition of Composite order
1. Noun. A Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Composite Order
Literary usage of Composite order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"THE Composite order-PLATES XII AND XIII 18. The Composite order, Fig. 81, is a
heavier Corinthian, just as the Tuscan is a simplified Doric. ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"MY Hut, of which I have given you a drawing, is, as you will have observed, of
the composite order of architecture. I am speaking now of i he exterior; ..."
3. Shaw's Civil Architecture: Being a Complete Theoretical and Practical System by Edward Shaw (1852)
"Composite order. The second Italian order, and last of the five orders of ...
The Romans first introduced the Composite order into their triumphal arches, ..."
4. History of Architecture from the Earliest Times: Its Present Condition in by Louisa Caroline Tuthill (1848)
"Composite order. An order form- ^» ed by the Romans from the Corinthian and Ionic.
Concave. Arching into the plane of the surface ; a common or vulgar ..."
5. The New Free-mason's Monitor, Or, Masonic Guide: For the Direction of by James Hardie (1818)
"OF THE Composite order. The Composite or Compound Roman order, is derived from
the other four orders, and we are indebted to the Romans for its invention, ..."
6. The Rudiments of Architecture and Building for the Use of Architects by John Bullock (1865)
"Composite order. THIS Order is not considered by some modern writers as an Order.
The volutes at the angles of the capital are expanded into the proportions ..."
7. Practice of Architecture: Containing the Five Orders of Architecture and an by Asher Benjamin (1833)
"THE Composite order. PLATE XXI. IT has before been stated that this order is not
now in public favor ; nor does it appear to have been held in much ..."
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