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‘Knowledge of the Classical style in architecture was derived during the Renaissance from two sources: the ruins of ancient classical buildings, particularly in Italy but also in France and Spain, and the treatise “De Architectura” (c[irca]27BC[E]) by the Roman architect Vitruvius. For classical antiquity and, therefore, for the Renaissance, the basic element was the order, which was system of of traditional architectural units. During the Renaissance five orders were used, the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite,* with various others prevalent in different periods.

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*{See [[Redbook9:225][19910501:0800m]{Renaissance Architecture [continued (13)]}[1^st May 1991],] 225}

** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 13:] 996

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