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![]() ...and the building is such a good example of the Doric Order that it reminds me of illustrations I used to pour over in pre-internet days:- The same way a doctor learns a zillion different words in anatomy, architecture also has a name for every bit of classical building: the volutes, the dentils, the ovolu moldings! What's your favourite Order? If pushed, I'd probably break the rules and do some mix and match: a Doric entablature on Ionic columns. In fact, I just noticed that the L M is also an exercise in mix-and-match: Doric columns outside, Ionic columns inside:-
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