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| Author | Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola |
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| Original title | Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura |
| Language | Italian |
| Subject | Classical architecture |
Publication date | 1562 |
| Publication place | Italy |
The Five Orders of Architecture (Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura) is a book on classical architecture by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola from 1562, and is considered "one of the most successful architectural textbooks ever written",[1] despite having no text apart from the notes and the introduction.[2] Originally published in Italian as Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura, it has been fully or partially translated in English with different titles, including Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture; Rules of the Five Orders of Architecture; Vignola: an elementary treatise on architecture comprising the complete study of the five orders, with indication of their shadows and the first principles of construction; The Five Orders of Architecture according to Giacomo Barozzio of Vignola, to Which are Added the Greek Orders; and The five orders of architecture, the casting of shadows and the first principles of construction based on the system of Vignola.
- ^ Evers, Vernd (2003). Architectural theory: from the Renaissance to the present. Taschen. p. 845. ISBN 978-3-8228-1699-8.
- ^ Summerson, John (1963). The classical language of architecture. MIT Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-262-69012-6.