Art/culture

DORIC ARCHITECTURE

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Architecture deals with the principles of construction , design and ornamentation of fine environments and buildings with the thought of their splendor and esthetic effect . In the design of buildings , there are various forms of architecture used before constructing them . Various forms of architecture were used in the Greece and Roman countries by the designers to construct buildings during the ancient times . These forms included the ionic , Doric and Corinthian architectures . Each of these architectures was designed in its own way and they

provided great importance to the designers before they lay down any given construction (Greeka .com , 2010 . This discusses the Doric and why it is being used in the modern world . The further aims to answer the question on the message offered in the application of ancient architecture in the modern world

Doric Architecture

The Doric is one of the architectures used in the ancient Roman and Greek world . It is the simplest used in the design of buildings . It is the plainest and oldest architectural used although it has a powerful impression in its design . In the Greek version , the columns have no bases and they rise directly above the ground . The columns of the buildings in the Doric are fluted and they contain plain capitals (top or crown ) which is made up of a circle with a squared top . The plain part of the column that appears tall is called a shaft and it...