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The composite order is a mixed order
Classical order

A classical order is one of the ancient styles of building design in the Classical antiquity, distinguished by their proportions and their characteristic profiles and details, but most quickly recognizable by the type of column and capital employed....
, combining the volute
Volute

A volute is a spiral scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the Capital of the Ionic column. It was later incorporated into Corinthian order and Composite order column capitals....
s of the Ionic order
Ionic order

The Ionic order column forms one of the Classical order of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric order and the Corinthian order....
 capital with the acanthus
Acanthus

Acanthus is the Latinized form of the Greek Acanthos or Akanthos. It can also be used as the prefix Acantho-, meaning 'thorny'....
 leaves of the Corinthian order
Corinthian order

The Corinthian order is one of the Classical orders of Greece and Rome architecture, characterized by a slender Fluting column and an ornate capital decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls....
. The composite order volutes are larger, however, and the composite order also has echinus molding with egg-and-dart
Egg-and-dart

Egg-and-dart is an Ornament device often carved in wood, stone, or plaster quarter-round ovolo mouldings, consisting of an egg-shaped object alternating with an element shaped like an arrow, anchor or dart....
 ornamentation between the volutes.






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The composite order is a mixed order
Classical order

A classical order is one of the ancient styles of building design in the Classical antiquity, distinguished by their proportions and their characteristic profiles and details, but most quickly recognizable by the type of column and capital employed....
, combining the volute
Volute

A volute is a spiral scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the Capital of the Ionic column. It was later incorporated into Corinthian order and Composite order column capitals....
s of the Ionic order
Ionic order

The Ionic order column forms one of the Classical order of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric order and the Corinthian order....
 capital with the acanthus
Acanthus

Acanthus is the Latinized form of the Greek Acanthos or Akanthos. It can also be used as the prefix Acantho-, meaning 'thorny'....
 leaves of the Corinthian order
Corinthian order

The Corinthian order is one of the Classical orders of Greece and Rome architecture, characterized by a slender Fluting column and an ornate capital decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls....
. The composite order volutes are larger, however, and the composite order also has echinus molding with egg-and-dart
Egg-and-dart

Egg-and-dart is an Ornament device often carved in wood, stone, or plaster quarter-round ovolo mouldings, consisting of an egg-shaped object alternating with an element shaped like an arrow, anchor or dart....
 ornamentation between the volutes. The column of the composite order is ten diameters high.

Until the Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
, the composite was not ranked as a separate order. Instead it was considered as a late Roman form of the Corinthian order. The Arch of Titus
Arch of Titus

The Arch of Titus is a Pentelic marble triumphal arch with a single arched opening, located on the Via Sacra just to the south-east of the Roman Forum in Rome....
, in the forum in Rome, built in 82 CE, is considered the first example of a Composite order.