The title of the book De la distribution des maisons de plaisance, vol., already tells us what topics the book deals with. It is written about luxury houses and shown with pictures. Accordingly, the book is addressed to architects who deal with luxury houses. Presumably, the houses are needed to entertain richer guests.Two tables of…
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“A book of architecture containing designs of buildings and ornaments” by James Gibbs As the title the books says, it is about designs and ornaments. The book starts with an introduction. After the introduction all the plates (images) are described. After more than hundreds description of all plates. The actual plates follow. It has images…
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Friends with an old book argument The book is called: “Mémoires sur les objets les plus importants de l’architecture”.It was written in 1769, and to put it in a historical context, it was written during the Renaissance, when the ancient writings of antiquity were rediscovered and architecture had a new lease of life. The author…
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Dell Architettura (from architecture/about architecture) The book was presentented as written by Mario Gioffredo di Napoli and not the name that was mentioned before. It is the first part of the book. The writer dedicated the Book to Giovanni Napoletani Studiosi d‘archittetura. But in the beginning he was flattering the King. In the book he is…
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In 1548 Walther Ryff was the first to publish a translation of the Latin book “Vitruvius”. With pictures and comments Walther Ryff supplements the ancient text of the Roman architect Vitruvius. Ryff’s work became one of the most important architectural theory books of the (German) Renaissance. By title “Vitruvius. Des allernamhafftigisten unnd hocherfarnesten römischen Architecti…
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The title of the book synopsis architecturae civil eclecticae reveals that the book is about architecture and the parts of civil engineering. The first view pages of the book are all blank. After the four blank pages, there is a page which informs you of the basic knowledge of the book. This first written page,…
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Friends with an old book I Argument Isaac Ware, an English architect who lived from 1704 to 1766, wrote a comprehensive work on architecture. He worked as a translator for Andrea Palladio, an Italian Renaissance architect. After growing up in poor conditions, he was adopted, where his talent was quickly recognised. He was a member…
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Task 2 The Title of the book is in Italien „Lo inganno de gl’occhi“ which translated to English means The deception of the eye. It’s about Perspective and how the eye changes the view of a Building or even the surroundings. The subtitle gives further information „prospettiva pratica“ which means practical Perspective. The title gives…
Friends with an old book 2 Argument
The title of the book reveals two important aspects of what the book could be about. One is architecture and the second is the adjective civil. It suggests a kind of popularity through the title, that the book may not only be about civil architecture, but also written in a language that can be understood…
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The titel of the book means that the trajans column was built by the senate and the roman people to the emperor trajan agustus in his forum in rome.It is telling about the history of the Dacian War. So the topics are Trajans Column, the Dacian War 1, the Dacian War 2 and the Dacians. …