The full title of the book is: Rules for drawing the several parts of architecture in a more exact and easy matter than has been heretofore practised, by which all fractions, in dividing the principal members and their parts, are avoided. The book is quite large, it has a height of 48cms, a width of…
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2. Argument_Trattato di Teofilo Gallaccini sopra gli errori degli architetti
Trattato di Teofilo Gallaccini sopra gli errori degli architetti was written in the 16th century by Teofilo Gallacini, an Italian architect how lived in Venice and as it says in the tile is a treatise about common errors of architects, so its target audience is comprised of architects and it aims to change things the…
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The Title of the book is Architettura della basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano and it is written by Giovanni Battista Costaguti. In the Title it says, that it is about the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. This is a very descriptive title without generating tension it is very neutral. The book doesn’t have…
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Topographia Gallilae – Martin Zeiller Topographia Galliae – or as the full title states: „Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekantisten Oerter in dem mächtigen und grossen Königreich Franckreich : beedes auss eygner Erfahrung und den besten und berühmbtesten Scribenten so in underschiedlichen Spraachen davon aussgangen seyn auch auss erlangten Bericht- und Relationen von etlichen…
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The title of the book is «Studio d’architettura civile » by Ferdinando Ruggieri who was born in Florence in April 1687. He was active in Florence during the late Baroque period. He helped design the left facade oft he Church of San Firenze, the Palazzo Capponi, the Palazzo Sansedoni and the collegiata of Empoli. The title…
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Argument Friends With An Old Book The book is called Neu-Triumphierende Fortification auff allerley Situation and is written by Ernst Friedrich von Borgsdorf. Just from the title itself, we can assume that the content is about fortresses. After some research we find out that the author mainly writes about successful fortresses and their architectural structure….
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The book ‘L’architecture et art de bien bastir’ in the original Latin language and translated in 1553 by Ian Martin into French was written by the well-known Florentine author, poet, artist and architect Lord Léon Baptiste Albert (1404-1472). The title reveals the main themes of the ancient book: Architecture and the way in which it can be…
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The book I have chosen is titled Specimens of Gothic architecture, by A. PUGIN, written in the 19th century. As the name foretells, the author makes his foray into showcasing classical gothic architecture by meticulously examining the existing buildings. The potential readers are of a wide range. From novice, who knows nothing about gothic architecture,…
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The title already tells us a lot about the content of the book. Translated from Italian it means: All works of architecture and perspective. It is a lexicon of geometry, forms, perspectives and important buildings. That’s why it’s so thick. The table of contents is extremely long, but at least alphabetically arranged. The book provides…