Photo examples of the five orders of architecture?
Doug Freyburger
used any visual aides. I'd like to build a slide show with examples of
the five orders of architecture.
I figure someone has done that already so rather than reinventing the
wheel I'd like to copy your work. Then I can build on that by finding
buildings in our local geography.
Alan Schwartz
Bro. Doug,
There are many public domain or creative commons licensed images
in Wikimedia Commons that are worth looking at for columns.
(I took photos of Robert Reid's murals of the 5 human senses
on the ceiling of the Library of Congress last year, but I haven't
had a chance to do anything with them. If they came out well,
I'll upload them to wikimedia too)
- Alan
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Alan Schwartz, PM
Master, Berwyn Lodge #839, A.F. & A.M., Berwyn, Illinois, USA
Royal Arch Mason, Lincoln Park Chapter #177 RAM
32nd deg. Scottish Rite Mason, Valley of Chicago, AASR (NJ)
Doug Freyburger
> Doug Freyburger <dfre...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>>I've been doing talks for Masonic education lately and so far I have not
>>used any visual aides. I'd like to build a slide show with examples of
>>the five orders of architecture.
>
> in Wikimedia Commons that are worth looking at for columns.
Bro Alan,
Thanks. I spent a few minutes with Google and I found a lot for
drawings that show all five orders in the same photo.
What I have in mind is more of a travelogue. If possible even by doing
a driving tour of downtown Chicago or other locations here in Illinois.
A slide of a building that is built in the Tuscan style and a comment
on where I can find it and some local history that involves it. Then a
slide of a building that is built in the Doric style and a comment on
where I can find it and some local history that involves it. And so on
down the line of the five orders.
When I looked at the photos I found using Google I could tell at a
glance that they weren't int he style mentioned in the text quote by
Google related to the image. Very high failure rate.
On the other hand Google did point me to some wiki's that have very good
articles about the details of the various orders. I knew I'd seen
columns with and without flutes in various photos but I'd never noticed
that when flutes are present on a column the number of ridges around the
circle is a specific number. I knew some columns were thicker than
others but I'd never learned that the orders have specific ratios of
height to thinkness.
So I'll keep my eye out for buildings of specific styles and get pix of
them and build up a presentation.
> (I took photos of Robert Reid's murals of the 5 human senses
> on the ceiling of the Library of Congress last year, but I haven't
> had a chance to do anything with them. If they came out well,
> I'll upload them to wikimedia too)
Should be super cool.
Torence
The One Stop Shopping Place to go for your images here in Chicago is
the Elk's Veteran�s Memorial at 2750 North Lakeview. When Brother
Charlton Heston was a young acting student, he starred in a film of
Shakespeare�s Julius Caesar and its Rotunda was used as the set. I
have been in this building on many occasions and any visitors here
should make it a stopping point for your visit.
Fortunately, there is no need to buy a plane ticket if you aren�t
around our town. You can enjoy much of its splendor by taking these
virtual tours:
http://www.elks.org/memorial/tours/rotunda1.html
http://www.elks.org/memorial/tours/rotunda2.html
http://www.elks.org/memorial/tours/grand_room.html
Fraternally,
Torence Evans Ake
Secretary � Auburn Park Lodge No. 789 � Crete, Illinois
PM � Arcadia Lodge No. 1138 � Lansing Illinois
Doug Freyburger
>
> The One Stop Shopping Place to go for your images here in Chicago is
> the Elk's Veteran�s Memorial at 2750 North Lakeview. When Brother
> Charlton Heston was a young acting student, he starred in a film of
> Shakespeare�s Julius Caesar and its Rotunda was used as the set. I
> have been in this building on many occasions and any visitors here
> should make it a stopping point for your visit.
>
> Fortunately, there is no need to buy a plane ticket if you aren�t
> around our town. You can enjoy much of its splendor by taking these
> virtual tours:
>
> http://www.elks.org/memorial/tours/rotunda1.html
> http://www.elks.org/memorial/tours/rotunda2.html
> http://www.elks.org/memorial/tours/grand_room.html
Stunning hardly even describes the pictures.
I've been noticing local buildings since I took on the interest. Lots
ot Ionic and Corinthian. Very little of other classical orders so far.
In lodges works and that fits my travelogue concept even better. Every
lodge has at least one set of pillars and many lodges with histories of
consolidations have more. I think a few visits and I'll be able to
point to all but Composite. Does anyone know of a Chicago metro lodge
whose pillars are Composite?