Sentence examples for classical order from inspiring English sources

Mr. Pei introduced geometric abstraction and asymmetry into an illustrational backdrop of classical order.

His still life paintings are simply composed and physically obdurate, imbued with classical order and silence.

In place of the natural complexity of all things gothic, it imposed a chilly classical order.

The alternation of private drama and classical order is full of surprises.

No. 102 has some fine capitals, tending toward the Egyptian more than any Classical order.

Moreover, there are significant counterpoints to the theme of Classical order.

The Laurentian Library is a dark travesty of the classical orders.

The buildings themselves adhered to classical orders, were solidly constructed and broad rather than tall.

Columns and pilasters are more massive than the classical orders, typically rectangular rather than round.

The Classical orders of the facade, adopted for the Colosseum, became the model for Renaissance architects.

Through his mastery of engineering and the classical orders, his Venetian churches became the Renaissance equivalent of Roman architecture.