The book “architecture moderne” by Charles Antoine Jombert was published in 1728, as mentioned in the previous exercise. The title is very revealing in a way, as it shows us what people in 1728 considered modern architecture. What is an old building to us today was once the pinnacle of architectural development and technology. Jombert’s…
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Wendel Dietterlins Architectura de postium seu portalium ornatu vario was published in 1595. The title translated from latin means the architecture of doors and portals and their various ornaments. The Book is quite large in size, the pages being well over a4. The paper of the ETH Libraries copy itself has yellowed over time and…
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Das Buch Ich gelesen habe, ist Il nouvo splendore delle fabriche in prospettiva di Roma moderna von Giovanni Battista Falda, wer im Jahr zwischen 1643 und 1678 gelebt hatte. Er war ein italienischer Zeichner, Kupferstecher und Drucker, der die Architektur in Rom in der zweiten Hälfte des 17 Jh. kartografierte und dokumentierte. Er war in…
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The book «Neu-Triumphirende Fortification auff allerley Situationen, defensive und offensive zu gebrauchen» by the author Ernst Friederich von Borgsdorf, a Austrian engineer Baron, was published in 1703 in Vienna by Johann Georg Schlegel. The title suggests a manual on the use of newly triumphant fortresses in all kind of situations, is to be found in this…
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The full title of the book is “resolution des quatre principeaux problèmes d’achitecture” from Francois Blondes. In my opinion the book is for all people involved in architecture, as it points out the obvious problems of architecture, which are also today known. List of contents: The book is divided in such a way that it…
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The book, whose full title Translates from French to: “the universal art of fortifications, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and compounds.” Is followed by a subtitle sentence which reads: “With the Art of attacking fortified places by surprise and by force, and also to defend fortified places against surprises and force.” Those two sentences already contain…
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The book is called “Collection of designs for rural retreats as villas. Principally in the Gothic and Castle styles of Architecture. With their Iconography or Plans, laid down to Scale and other Appendages. » Therefore we from first sight know that the book compiles different designs and descriptions of villas in a rural context. List of…
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Joseph Furttenbach the Edler “Architectura civilis” “Architectura civilis” in English: Civil architecture. The book is a work of architectural theory. Fruttenbach reports on the “noble” art of architecture. Theoretical aspects are given for the construction of palaces and their surroundings, common dwellings, churches, chapels, altars, houses of God and buildings such as military hospitals and…
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Friends with an old Book Task 2 Title: Universae Architecturae Civilis Elementa Author: Christian Rieger Publication Date: 1756 The book Universae Architecturea Civilis Elementa, published in 1756is in Latin. The title describes the contents of the book, thus writes about civil architecture. It most likely served the students of the Theresian Knight’s Academy in Vienna…
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De Gli Obelischi di Roma is the title of the book. The title is written in Italian, as the whole book, and translated it means “About the Obelisks in Rome”. In the book, “Mercati, Michele Basa”, the author of the book, goes into the specialties, origins, backgrounds, differences and other aspects of the obelisks in…