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The most important book ever written on architecture. Early Roman aesthetics, technology, classical orders, site selection, all other aspects. Morgan translation.
Vitruvius (Marcus V. Pollio), Roman architect and engineer, studied
Greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of
professional work. He was one of those appointed to be overseers of
imperial artillery or military engines, and was architect of at
least one unit of buildings for Augustus in the reconstruction of
Rome. Late in life and in ill health he completed, sometime before
27 BCE, "De Architectura" which, after its rediscovery in the
fifteenth century, was influential enough to be studied by
architects from the early Renaissance to recent times.
In "On Architecture" Vitruvius adds to the tradition of Greek
theory and practice the results of his own experience. The contents
of this treatise in ten books are as follows. Book 1: Requirements
for an architect; town planning; design, cities, aspects; temples.
2: Materials and their treatment. Greek systems. 3: Styles. Forms
of Greek temples. Ionic. 4: Styles. Corinthian, Ionic, Doric;
Tuscan; altars. 5: Other public buildings (fora, basilicae,
theatres, colonnades, baths, harbours). 6: Sites and planning,
especially of houses. 7: Construction of pavements, roads, mosaic
floors, vaults. Decoration (stucco, wall painting, colours). 8:
Hydraulic engineering; water supply; aqueducts. 9: Astronomy. Greek
and Roman discoveries; signs of the zodiac, planets, moon phases,
constellations, astrology, gnomon, sundials. 10: Machines for war
and other purposes.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio's "Ten Books on Architecture" is the most
complete treatise on the subject of architecture from antiquity and
for hundreds of years influenced major buildings around the world.
Dating to the first century B.C., the "Ten Books on Architecture"
are not only an excellent historical reference into ancient
construction methods and aesthetics but also a manual providing
much that can be applied to modern architecture. Today's architect
will find much of interest in this fully illustrated reproduction
of the 1914 edition translated by Morris Hicky Morgan.
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De Architectura
Vitruvius Pollio
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On Architecture (Paperback)
Vitruvius; Translated by Richard Schofield; Introduction by Robert Tavernor
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R409
R334
Discovery Miles 3 340
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A new, illustrated edition of a foundational work on architecture,
engineering, and urban planning
The only treatise on architecture to have survived from Roman
times, Vitruvius' "On Architecture" provides a fascinating picture
of how the Romans planned and built their great structures and
cities. Dedicated to Augustus, it sets out all the information an
architect of the time needed-from plans for temples, public baths,
government buildings, and private homes to the best materials and
techniques for building-and introduces longstanding principles of
architecture, from the use of nature's harmonies in design to the
ideal modular proportions of the human body, which later inspired
Leonardo da Vinci. This new translation, accompanied by 100
black-and-white images, captures the clear, pragmatic tone of
Vitruvius' writings, showing why the ancient architect and
engineer's theories have remained influential for two millennia.
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