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colossal orders


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  • colossal order
  • colossal Orders
  • giant orders
  • orders, colossal
  • orders, giant

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Refers to architectural orders where columns, pilasters, or piers extend over two or more stories. It has roots in Roman architecture, where one arch could span more than two sections of an elevation, but it was fully developed in the Renaissance and beyond.

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