The Ten Books on Architecture

Name: The Ten Books on Architecture
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Author: Vitruvius

Yazar: Vitruvius
Tür: Mimarlık ve Tasarım
Yayın tarihi: 2006-12-31
Yayıncı: OBA Akademik ve Kültürel Yayın Platformu
Biçim: E-kitap
Fiyat: Ücretsiz
Anahtar kelimeler: Architecture -- Early works to 1800, NA: Fine Arts: Architecture, PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature

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"The Ten Books on Architecture" by Vitruvius Pollio is a treatise on architecture written in the 1st century BC. This seminal work lays the foundational principles of architecture, encompassing topics from city planning and building techniques to the materials required for construction. Through this text, Vitruvius aims to establish the importance of knowledge in various disciplines for architects, suggesting that a well-rounded education is essential for effective design and construction. The beginning of the work outlines Vitruvius's motivations for writing, as he addresses Emperor Augustus, expressing a desire to support the public good through his architectural insights. He emphasizes the necessity for architects to possess a broad base of knowledge, including geometry, history, philosophy, music, and medicine, in order to execute their work effectively. Vitruvius continues by elaborating on the fundamental principles of architecture, discussing order, arrangement, symmetry, and economy as key components to successful building design. This foundational exposition sets the stage for the more technical discussions that will follow in later chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Hazırlayanlar: Produced by Chuck Greif, Melissa Er-Raqabi, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net Kaynak: Project Gutenberg (eBook 20239). Public domain in the USA. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20239

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. Klasik mimarlık yazarı.

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