Vitruvius: the ten books on architecture

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The oldest and most influential book ever written on architecture, this volume served as a guide to Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, Vignola, and countless others. It describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion as well as the ancients' methods, materials, and aesthetics. Authoritative translation by a distinguished Harvard professor.

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Full title :Vitruvius : the ten books on architecture. / Translated by Morris Hicky Morgan. With illus. and original designs prepared under the direction of Herbert Langford Warren.

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Publication Date:1960

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Dover Publications
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1960

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Description:1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780486132051, 0486132056
oclc:ocn301057287
LC Classification:NA2515
Dewey Decimal:720

Book 1. The education of the architect -- Fundamental principles of architecture -- Departments of architecture -- The site of a city -- The city walls -- Directions of the streets; with remarks on the winds -- Sites for public buildings -- Book 2. The origin of the dwelling house -- On the primordial substance according to the physicists -- Brick -- Sand -- Lime -- Pozzolana -- Stone -- Methods of building walls -- Timber -- Highland and lowland fir -- Book 3. On symmetry: in temples and in the human body -- Classification of temples -- The proportions of intercolumniations and of columns -- Foundations and substructures of temples -- Proportions of the base, capitals, and entablature in the Ionic order -- Book 4. Origins of the three orders, and the proportions of the Corinthian capital -- The ornaments of the orders -- Proportions of Doric temples -- The cella and pronaos -- How the temple should face -- Doorways of temples -- Tuscan temples -- Circular temples and other varieties -- Altars -- Book 5. The forum and basilica -- The treasury, prison, and senate house -- The theatre: its site, foundations, and acoustics -- Harmonics -- Sounding vessels in the theatre -- Plan of th…

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Architecture ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renova… ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings Architecture -- Early works to 1800 ARCHITECTURE -- General Architecture -- Ouvrages avant 1800 ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice ARCHITECTURE -- Reference Arquitetura (teoria) Bouwkunst Early works História da arquitetura