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( Figures 2 & 3) It is impossible to say, however, if this was the first use of the order. Scholars of ancient classical architecture generally agree that the earliest surviving example of the Composite order exists on the Arch of Titus, dating from 81 A.D. Composite Order, Arch of Titus, Rome (Loth)įigure 3. Palladio was among the first to depict the Composite with a distinctive two-part modillion, which Sir William Chambers defined as “square, and composed of two fascias.” ( see Figure 1 ) This type of modillion existed on some ancient Corinthian temples as shown in Book 4 of Palladio’s I Quattro Libri but beginning in the Renaissance, this modillion type was normally restricted to the Composite.įigure 2. Some treatises advocate an Ionic entablature others call for a more purely Corinthian entablature with scrolled modillions.
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Giacomo Leoni’s English translation of Alberti’s original Latin description of the Composite has a quaint ring: “The Front of the Capital, being otherwise naked, borrowed its Ornaments from the Ionic for instead of Shoots it has Volutes, and Lips of its Vase are carved full of Eggs with Berries underneath them, like an Ovolo.” Most versions of the Composite capital are similar, but we find little agreement on the treatment of the entablature. The basic form of the Composite capital consists of the bottom portion of the Corinthian capital (two rows of acanthus leaves) topped by an Ionic capital using angled volutes rather than parallel ones.
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However, probably because of Palladio’s preference for Composite, (Italian: Composito) that term has become the standard descriptor for this fusion of the Ionic and Corinthian. Not all have agreed on its name it has been called Italian, Roman, and Latin, all in an effort to distinguish it from any Greek origin. for this Order to the Richness of the Corinthian, has added to the Delicacy of the Ionic, and instead of those Ears, has substituted Volutes.” Henceforth, all the major Renaissance treatises, including Serlio’s, Vignola’s, Palladio’s, and Scamozzi’s have defined and illustrated the Composite as a distinct order, resulting in the five orders of architecture. In his famous treatise, De re aedificatoria of 1485, Alberta wrote: “. The first to add it to the roster of classical orders was the theorist, Leon Battista Alberti, who termed the order the Italian. While the Composite appears in works of the Roman Imperial era, it was not identified as a separate order until the early Renaissance. In this format, I can only offer general observations and illustrate a sampling of its use. The Composite order is a complex topic a proper study could be the subject of a lengthy dissertation. Palladio in Four Books, (Leoni edition, 1721) Composite Order, Book 1, The Architecture of A. Senior Architectural Historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and a member of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s Advisory Council.įigure 1.