<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Entasis, upward curvature, columnar inclination and several other manipulations or deviations from the strict geometrical rules were known in Ancient Greece and Rome and some of them - entasis could be taken as example - were used up to the beginning of the 20th century in eclectic and historicizing architecture. The article mentions historical texts about entasis from Vitruvius up to Renaissance works. Mainly Vignola’s description of proper and elegant way of how to construct columnar entasis curve of the Tuscan and Doric order columns is discussed in detail and expressed mathematically.</p></abstract>

Entasis, upward curvature, columnar inclination and several other manipulations or deviations from the strict geometrical rules were known in Ancient Greece and Rome and some of them - entasis could be taken as example - were used up to the beginning of the 20th century in eclectic and historicizing architecture. The article mentions historical texts about entasis from Vitruvius up to Renaissance works. Mainly Vignola’s description of proper and elegant way of how to construct columnar entasis curve of the Tuscan and Doric order columns is discussed in detail and expressed mathematically.

Columnar Entasis in Vignola’s and other Renaissance Works

Department of Building Engineering and Urban Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Department of Structural Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Entasis, upward curvature, columnar inclination and several other manipulations or deviations from the strict geometrical rules were known in Ancient Greece...

Columnar Entasis in Vignola’s and other Renaissance Works

Published Online: Dec 24, 2018

Page range: 132 - 137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2018-0017

Keywords
Columnar entasis, Tuscan and Doric columns, Mathematical description, Vignola, The five orders of Architecture

© 2018 Zuzana Grúňová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Columnar Entasis in Vignola’s and other Renaissance Works

Published Online: Dec 24, 2018

Page range: 132 - 137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2018-0017

KeywordsColumnar entasis, Tuscan and Doric columns, Mathematical description, Vignola, The five orders of Architecture

© 2018 Zuzana Grúňová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Columnar entasis, Tuscan and Doric columns, Mathematical description, Vignola, The five orders of Architecture