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classical building elements

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buildings or building elements using architectural forms, rules and decorations originating in ancient Greece and Rome, and revived during the Renaissance in Europe and elsewhere
See Figure A.73; Figure A.74
Classical buildings emphasize the use of symmetry and proportion in the relationships between parts.
See also: orders <architecture>

Figure A.73: Doric and Ionic orders

Figure A.74: Corinthian and composite orders