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colossal order

(Also known as a giant order). In architecture, a design in which columns, engaged columns, or pilasters are two or more stories tall.

Colossal orderCarlo Maderno. Colossal order, façade of St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Baroque. 1612.

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