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On Architecture

By Vitruvius|Schofield, Richard|Tavernor, Robert
On Architecture

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Authors: Vitruvius|Schofield, Richard|Tavernor, Robert
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780141441689
ISBN10: 0141441682
Page Count: 464
Dimensions: 5.0x0.9x7.6
Publisher: Penguin Classics

Strand Notes

The writings of the architect and engineer Vitruvius (c.90-c.20BC) provides a fascinating picture of how the Romans planned and built their great structuures and cities. His treatise, dedicated to Augustus, sets out all the information an architect of his day needed - from plans for temples, public baths, government buildings and private homes to the best materials and techniques - andno detail escapes his attention, whether the number of flutes in a column or the minutae of the construction of water clocks, sundials, and catapults. His theories have remained influential for two millennia. Addenda. B&W illus. 440p.

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In De architectura (c.40 BC), Vitruvius discusses in ten encyclopedic chapters aspects of Roman architecture, engineering and city planning. Vitruvius also included a section on human proportions. Because it is the only antique treatise on architecture to have survived, De architectura has been an invaluable source of information for scholars. The rediscovery of Vitruvius during the Renaissance greatly fuelled the revival of classicism during that and subsequent periods. Numerous architectural treatises were based in part or inspired by Vitruvius, beginning with Leon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria (1485).

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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