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Vitruvii De architectura libri decem
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vitruvius Pollio.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : multiple file formats
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,
- Summary:
- "Vitruvii De architectura libri decem" by Vitruvius Pollio is a comprehensive treatise on architecture written in the late 1st century BC. This work serves as one of the earliest and most influential texts on architecture, reflecting the author's insights on buildings, town planning, and engineering principles. The book encompasses a wide range of topics, from the aesthetic and functional aspects of architecture to the relationship between art and science. The opening of the treatise begins with Vitruvius addressing Emperor Caesar, emphasizing the importance of architecture in relation to the grandeur of the Roman Empire. He expresses his initial hesitation to publish his writings due to the distractions of governance and the weight of the emperor's responsibilities. However, acknowledging Caesar's keen interest in public architecture and urban development, he resolves to share his knowledge on the subject, framing architecture as vital to the prosperity and majesty of the empire. This introduction sets the stage for a detailed exploration of architectural principles that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
- Credits:
- Produced by Ted Garvin, abi278, Stephen Rowland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
- Notes:
- "M. Ceti Faventini Liber artis architectonicae": p. 283-304
- Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read.
- Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_architectura
- Release date is 2016-04-20
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