Tuscan Order

The Tuscan Order is a Roman Column Order of Classical Architecture. It is rarely seen except in one story buildings or villas, and it was based on the design of the Doric Order. Some proportions of the Tuscan Order are different than for the Doric Order, but the two Orders share many attributes.

The Tuscan Order had a simple-molded capital, and was swollen with Column Entasis so that, in perspective, it looked as if it were perfectly straight using opical illusion. The plinth, or base of the capital, was also simple molded. The Column's shaft almost never had flutes, or grooves running vertically along the side of the shaft. The height-to-width ratio for this Column type is 7:1.