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Author: Zan Kocunik

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Comment 1 (Post: https://friendswithanoldbook.delbeke.arch.ethz.ch/xenotheka_88-3/): I have stumbled on your article “Xenotheka_84”, where you explain the similarities between the book “Design of Inigo Jones and others” by Isaac Ware and two other books that you found on Alice platform. The fact that the book “Elements of Architecture” by Rem Koolhaas is very similar to yours, has…

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INTRODUCTION Firstly, I think it is very crucial to again give a quick summary of topics that are covered by the book “Theatrum architecturae civilis” written by Charles Philippe Dieussart. Previous research has led me to following findings: The book is divided in three chapters and every chapter is dedicated to its own topic: What…

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The full title of the book is “Theatrum architecturae civilis”. If I just look at the title, I would say the book discusses the most important aspects of architecture on the level, which ordinary people understand (“civilis”). Somehow my speculation would be correct, as the book consists of three parts: In the first part Carlo…

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Titel: Theatrum architecturae civilis Author: Carlo Dieussart In this chapter the author Carlo Dieussart (ca. 1625-1696) discusses the proportions of the windows and illustrates his results with help of different sketches. He uses circles (the perfect shape) as the element to define the width and the height of the window and presents this definition as…

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