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De Architectura
Vitruvius Pollio
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R888
Discovery Miles 8 880
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Active in the first century BCE, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote his
influential architectural treatise in ten books. It remained the
standard manual for architects into the medieval period. The topics
which Vitruvius considered essential are diverse, including aspects
of design as well as geometry and engineering. In the nineteenth
century, the English architect and author Joseph Gwilt (1784 1863)
won greater acclaim for the books he published than for the
buildings he designed. His most celebrated achievement, The
Encyclopaedia of Architecture (1842), is also reissued in this
series. Gwilt's one-volume translation of Vitruvius's Latin text
was first published in 1826. Supplanting previous versions, this
work was long regarded as the standard edition in English. It
contains a brief life of Vitruvius as well as an annotated list of
previous editions since the fifteenth century. A number of detailed
illustrative plates accompany the text."
In his treatise on Roman architecture, Vitruvius Pollio declares
that the qualities of a good building are "firmness, commodity, and
delight." "The Ten Books on Architecture" outlines building methods
for everything from aqueducts and temples, to decorative
plasterwork. Written in the first century BC, and dedicated to
emperor Caesar Augustus, it is the only complete document of its
kind.
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