Researching my befriended book „Studio d’architettura civile“ by Ferdinando Ruggieri wasn’t all that easy at first, because it is majorly a collection of architectural drawings and doesn’t contain much text at all. To get some search results, I had to aim at comparable books, that revolved around architectural elements, ornaments and details, just as they…
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The title of my book is “Studio d‘architettura civile” by Ferdinando Ruggieri, which doesn’t give away a lot about the content. There is a very long and descriptive subtitle though, namely “Sopra gli ornamenti di porte, e finestre colle misure piante, modini, e profili, tratte da alcune fabbriche insigni di Firenze erette col disegno de‘…
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The book “Studio d‘architettura civile” by Ferdinando Ruggieri is part of ETH‘s RARA Collection and I was able to have a look at it in the archive. The 4 books (tomi) were surprisingly big, with a format of roughly 36 x 48 cm. Therefore the drawings were absolutely fascinating. I also discovered even more beautiful…
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The 4 books by Ferdinando Ruggieri are filled with beautiful and very precise drawings of architectural elements, facades, bustes and whole buildings. The illustrations of human figures are some of the most striking to me. I also found the second drawing very unique, which shows the scaffolding, that was used during construction of the “Santa…