“I shall define beauty to be a harmony of all the parts…fitted together with such proportion and connection, that nothing could be added, diminished or altered, but for the worse.”

– Leon Battista Alberti

Over the past few months, I have been studying variations of the Classical Orders. Below are several pen and watercolor renderings of column capitals that I have produced as a result.

Tuscan Order

(Simplified Tuscan)

Doric Order

(Roman Doric Order after Vignola)

Ionic Order

(Greek Ionic Order from the British Museum, London, England)

Corinthian Order

(Roman Corinthian Order from the Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome, Italy)