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  1. Vitruvius

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    Orders and Proportions
    Vitruvius meticulously catalogs the classical architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, and importantly, includes the Tuscan (a simplified Roman variant) and the Composite (a fusion of Ionic volutes and Corinthian acanthus).
    His discussion of proportion is heavily indebted to the [Greek Pythagorean traditio…