De architectura, 4.1.7

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De architectura, 4.1.7
Quotation
… ita duobus discriminibus columnarum inventionem, unam virili sine ornatu nudam speciem, alteram muliebri.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person
Architecture: Architectural Element
Object/ Person Ornamented
Men and women
Architectural feature: Doric columns, Ionic columns
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Carving
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Clothing
Sculpted/ carved architectural detail that Doric columns lack and Ionic columns have
Notes
From the context. Extended simile and metaphor with ornament of the body: clothing etc
Item Identifier
A00192
Determination
Derived directly from text