Classical order
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An order in architecture is a certain assemblage of parts subject to uniform established proportions, regulated by the office that each part has to perform. Coming down to the present from Ancient Gre
Greek orders with full height
Doric capital of the Parthenon from Athens
Ionic capital from the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court of the British Museum (London)
Corinthian capital of a column from the interior of the Pantheon in Rome
Superposed order
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Superposed order is one where successive storeys of a building have different orders. The most famous ancient example of such an order is the Colosseum at Rome, which had no less than four storeys of
Superposed order of the Colosseum
The Tower of The Five Orders at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, completed in 1619, includes all the five Classical orders
Portico of Les Invalides from Paris, an example of French Baroque architecture
Façade of the Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais from Paris