On Architecture
Books 1-5
- Editore:
Harvard University Press
- Collana:
- Loeb Classical Library
- Traduttore:
- Granger, F.
- EAN:
9780674992771
- ISBN:
0674992776
- Pagine:
- 358
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione On Architecture
Vitruvius' classic work on architecture is the only book of its kind to survive antiquity. Vitruvius was himself an architect and engineer, but this is not a handbook for professionals; rather it serves readers who want to understand architecture. Book 1 discusses town planning and architecture in general; Book 2, building materials; 3 and 4, temples and the architectural orders; 5, other civic buildings; 6, houses; 7, pavements, mosaics, and wall decoration; 8, water supply; 9, measurements; 10, machines. In his preface Vitruvius takes note of the "eminent dignity" of the public buildings Augustus constructed, which express "the majesty of the empire."
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