While getting to know my assigned book better I first looked at the title. The title of my book is “Architettura civile del padre D. Guarino Guarini … : opera postuma …”, which is translated: “Civil architecture of father Guarino Guarini…: posthumous work…”. Simply from the title I know that the content itself is from…
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The full title of the book: what is it revealing about the content of the book? Who is it speaking to? The full title of the book is «A treatise on civil architecture». The title indicates a book about civil architecture. The book has a subscribers list with many names of noble people. But I…
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Friends with an old book: Argument V Columnae by Hans Blum The content “V Columnae by Hans Blum printed in 1596 is still today among interesting and important approaches for architects. The Latin word “Columnae” is translated into German as “column”. The letter “V” stands for the Roman numeral five. Thus, one can interpret that…
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Friends with an old book: Argument V Columnae von Hans Blum Der Inhalt «V Columnae von Hans Blum gedruckt im Jahre 1596 zählt auch heute noch zu interessanten und wichtigen Ansätze für Architekten. Das lateinische Wort «Columnae» wird als «Säule» in die deutsche Sprache übersetzt. Der Buchstabe «V» steht für die römische Ziffer fünf. Somit…
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The title already reveals a lot about the content of the book “Instituzione pratica dell’ architettura civile per la decorazione de’ pubblici, e privati edifice” followed by “preceduta da un articolo di Geometria in pratica ad uso delli disegnatori, et artefici / di Paolo Federico Bianchi” which translated in English means Practical institution of civil architecture for…
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The name of the book, “Cours d’architecture, ou Traité de la décoration, distribution &construction des bâtiments”, indicates that it gives lessons about the ornamentality, proportion, and construction of buildings. It can be used as a textbook or reference book for students or architects around year 1771. The table of content is followed by a very…
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“A dissertation on oriental gardening” By reading the title of the book you immediately find out important information about it: it is about oriental gardening and is directed to anyone who is interested in it. It can most likely be used as a form of encyclopedia for gardening. Unfortunately, the book doesn’t have a list…
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Friend with an old book Task 2 – Argument My Friend “L’art d’appareil” was written in the in 1756. Its origin is in French in Paris. Any further Information where hard to find, there is also not much known about the author only his name is written on the first page, which is Prof. Menand….
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2. Argument Because the title is rather long I know without translation that it must contain a certain level of information. With translation it’s clear that the title is rather accurate and leaves no uncertainty about its content. As there is little text in the whole book it gives off the feeling of a city…
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Della architettura von Viola Zanini ist ein architektonisch technisch-praktisches Handbuch der Renaissance. Der Autor, Giuseppe Viola Zanini, war ein erfahrener Kartograph und Architekt. Er stammte aus einer Familie von Baumeistern: Sein Großvater war Maurer und sein Vater war in den letzten Jahrzehnten des 16. Jahrhunderts in der Stadt Padua im Baugewerbe tätig. Der eigentliche Mentor…