Regola delli cinque ordini d' architettura
Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura is a 1773 Rome printed treatise by the architect Giacomo da Vignola (1507-1573), issued by Carlo Losi as a practical manual for builders and students of classical architecture. Its engraved plates show the five classical orders drawn as measured elevations, with column shafts, capitals, cornices, bases and doorways labelled with module figures and Italian captions. A designer can take from them the clean proportional grid of the orders, the Corinthian and Doric capitals, and the flat, linear engraving style with cross-hatched shading.
