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ISBN10: 0486206459, ISBN13: 9780486206455, [publisher: Dover Publications Inc., New York] Softcover Paperback. The oldest and most influential book ever written on architecture, this volume describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion as well as the ancients' methods, materials, and aesthetics. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect and engineer flourishing in the first century B.C., was the author of the oldest and most influential work on architecture in existence. For hundreds of years, the specific instructions he gave in his "Ten Books on Architecture" were followed faithfully, and major buildings in all parts of the world reveal the widespread influence of his precepts. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he was "the chief authority studied by architects, and in every point his precepts were accepted as final. Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, Vignola, and earlier were careful students of the work of Vitruvius." His book is thus one of those rare works that have been supremely important in the creation of the greatest art masterpieces. Vitruvius describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion in architecture; the design of the treasury, prison, senate house, baths, forum, and temples; the construction of the theater: its site, foundations, and acoustics; the proper style and proportion for private dwellings; the differences between the Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian styles; methods ...
Mineola, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Publications. Trade Paperback. As New. Trade paperback, glossy wrappers with color-illustration of ornate building, 331 pages plus catalog. Mint. Dover Publications ISBN 0486206459 9780486206455 [US]
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ISBN10: 0486206459, ISBN13: 9780486206455, [publisher: Dover Publications Inc., New York] Softcover Paperback. The oldest and most influential book ever written on architecture, this volume describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion as well as the ancients' methods, materials, and aesthetics. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect and engineer flourishing in the first century B.C., was the author of the oldest and most influential work on architecture in existence. For hundreds of years, the specific instructions he gave in his "Ten Books on Architecture" were followed faithfully, and major buildings in all parts of the world reveal the widespread influence of his precepts. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he was "the chief authority studied by architects, and in every point his precepts were accepted as final. Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, Vignola, and earlier were careful students of the work of Vitruvius." His book is thus one of those rare works that have been supremely important in the creation of the greatest art masterpieces. Vitruvius describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion in architecture; the design of the treasury, prison, senate house, baths, forum, and temples; the construction of the theater: its site, foundations, and acoustics; the proper style and proportion for private dwellings; the differences between the Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian styles; methods ...
ISBN10: 0486206459, ISBN13: 9780486206455, [publisher: Dover Publications Inc., New York] Softcover Paperback. The oldest and most influential book ever written on architecture, this volume describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion as well as the ancients' methods, materials, and aesthetics. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect and engineer flourishing in the first century B.C., was the author of the oldest and most influential work on architecture in existence. For hundreds of years, the specific instructions he gave in his "Ten Books on Architecture" were followed faithfully, and major buildings in all parts of the world reveal the widespread influence of his precepts. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he was "the chief authority studied by architects, and in every point his precepts were accepted as final. Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, Vignola, and earlier were careful students of the work of Vitruvius." His book is thus one of those rare works that have been supremely important in the creation of the greatest art masterpieces. Vitruvius describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion in architecture; the design of the treasury, prison, senate house, baths, forum, and temples; the construction of the theater: its site, foundations, and acoustics; the proper style and proportion for private dwellings; the differences between the Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian styles; methods ...
Dover Publications, June 1960. Paper Back. New. Covers as new, contents nearly as new and free of marks, ink stamped price on top text block edge. Dover Publications ISBN 0486206459 9780486206455 [US]
Mineola NY: Dover. Reprint of 1914 Edition. Paperback. As New. A direct, authoritative, and detailed introduction to ancient Roman and Greek methods of construction, materials used, and prevailing aesthetic beliefs of the times. 331 pages.; 5 1/2 x 8 Dover ISBN 0486206459 9780486206455 [US]
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New York: Dover Publications, Inc., Date: 1960. 331 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Translation of: De architectura. With illustrations and original designs prepared under the direction of Herbert Langford Warren. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. "The most important book ever written on architecture. Early Roman aesthetics, technology, classical orders, site selection, all other aspects. Morgan translation." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0486206459 9780486206455 [US]
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