The Title „Opera di Francesco Borromino”, composed by Sebastiano Giannini, can be translated to “The Opera of Francesco Borromino”.Appearance wise it`s rather thin, though tall and covered in leather.There is barely any text in the book except for the first three to four pages.In the rest, every second page has a hand drawn image.The first…
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The book on which this argument is based is entitled “I quattro libri di architettura”. Through this title, it is easy to understand the organisation of the book. Indeed, it is composed of 4 books, each with a different educational purpose. It was first published in Italian in Venice in 1570 and also contains the…
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Title: Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque a celebrioribus architectis inventi nunc tandem suis cum plantis ac mensuris a Io. Iacobo de Rubeis Romano suis typis in lucem editi ad aedem pacis cum privilegio summi pontifices Anno MDCLXXXIIL Translation: The most significant exterior and interior vistas (looks) of the temples of Rome were discovered (found)…
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The book title de gli obelischi di Roma can be translated as “On the Obelisks of Rome”. The book appears to be an in-depth survey of Egyptian obelisks and their presence in Rome. In Pharaonic Egypt, obelisks were placed in front of temples. They were considered solar symbols. Michele Mercati (1541 – 1593) the author…
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Pietro Santi Bartoli was an Italian painter who lived in the 17th century. Since he was very much interested in archeology he went to Rome in his teens where he studied art and etching. The book “Columna Cochlis M. Aurelio Antonio Augusto dicata eius rebus gestis in Germanica, atque Saramtica expeditione insignis, ex S. C. Romae…
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The title is quite explicit, reviling already a lot about the books content. The book was probably aimed at architects, specifically ones that were concerned with the exterior of luxury homes, meant to host guests and entertain. The book has two tables of content, the first one reveals where all the „planches“ of this volume…
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21-917-448 Theatrum Machinarum Molarum and its ca. 500 pages are a guide to build different types of mills and therefore aims to help people interested in such an endaevour. The book consists of two parts. First it introduces different types of mills, their composition and the principals they’re working under. This knowledge is discussed in…
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The author of the book under analysis is Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573), a painter by training and architectural theorist by trade, He played a fundamental role in architectural culture by producing works that clearly codified the concept of architectural order. His work “The Two Rules of Practical Perspective”, as the title itself makes clear, is…
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The book is titled “L’experience de L’architecture militaire, où l’on aprendra a fonds la methode de faire travailler dans les Places ” and was written by Des Martins, and was published in Paris in 1687. First, the title already tells a lot about the main focus of the book, “The experience of military architecture, where…
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Jean Baptiste Rondelet was an architect in France, and he was involved in the construction of the “Panthéon” in Paris. He was a student of Jacques-Germaine Soufflot who started the construction. Due to the death of Soufflot, his students continued the project. Jean Baptiste Rondelet was responsible for the Dôme. It was a difficult time…