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Corinthian order

Composite order

Capital styles for the five major orders of Classical architecture.

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Sebastiano Serlio: treatise on architecture

Sebastiano Serlio

Italian architect

Recreation, engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1635.

Abraham Bosse

French artist

Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola, Italy, by Giacomo da Vignola, 1559–73

Giacomo da Vignola

Italian architect

Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

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