The Architecture of A. Palladio Task: 2. Argument The title of the books tells us that it is a summary of four books. It tells us something about the architecture realized by A. Palladio. There is no table of contents. Although there is a page where there is a short description of what books are…
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Architectura Militaris As you read the title you can clearly understand the target of the book, it might be nuanced, as in is this a more historical or practical approach to the thematic but from the ground on it is very clear we are reading a book about military architecture. The book itself has no…
Argument_Art Universel Fort.
The work l’Art universel des fortifications is a french book written by Jean Du Breuil. Let us first take a closer look at the main title. It means : “The universal art of fortifications”. What does this term defines exactly ? First, “universal art” means a set of knowledge known by everyone, and that art…
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L’EXPERIENCE DE L’ARCHITECTURE MILITAIREThe entire title of this book is about half a page long. It describes what this book is about. It is aboutexperiences of military architecture. In particular, it is about learning thoroughly how to work on thesquares: Knowledge of materials, masonry, plots… to finding water sources. I think this book wasintended as…
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Christoph Leonhard Sturm is the author of the book “Vollständige Anweisungen, alle Arten von Kirchen wohl anzugeben». He has studied and after that he taught at a university the subject’s mathematics and architecture. His focus was on the construction of civil and military buildings. In this book he has explained the differences of the churches. The…
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Irina Burau “La Perspective avec la raison des ombres et miroirs” Salomon de Caus The author of the book was Salomon de Caus, a French engineer and physicist. The title leaves hardly anything up for imagination. One knows exactly what to expect from a book with a title as theoretical and precise as this. His…
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Grand Escalier Du Chateau De Versailles -Charles le Brun The full title of the book: what is it revealing about the content of the book? Who is it speaking to? Grand Escalier DU Chateau DE Versailles DIT Escalier des Ambassadeurs ORDONNÉ ET PEINT Par Charles le Brun Ecuyer premier Peintre de Roy, CONSACRÉ A LA…
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The title of the book is “Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la moderne” which is in French, is called “Parallel of ancient architecture with modern” translated into English. As it is shown in the title, it talks about ancient architecture but focused on the five orders and their adaptions to different ancient buildings. The book…
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