Johann Rudolph Feasch – Des Jacobi Barozzi von Vignola Grund Regeln The title says that’s it’s some kind of basic knowledge about columns. I think it’s speaking to everyone who wants to learn something new about columns especially the different kinds and styles since there are a lot pictures in it. The original book had…
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The book «A Book of Architecture containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments” from James Gibbs was first published in 1728 and contains like how the title say many pictures of his buildings and ornaments. It should surely serve as reference for upcoming architects, but also for clients, who have a general interest in architecture and…
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“Columna Cochlis M. Aurelio Antonio Augusto. Augusto dicata eius rebus gestis in Germanica, atque Sarmatica expeditione insignis, ex S.C. Romae ad viam Flaminiam erecta : iterum in lucem prodit”,or in German:“The Cochlis Column, dedicated to M. Aurelius Antonius Augustus, decorated for his achievements in the German and Sarmatian expeditions, erected by S.C. in Rome on…
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The book ”A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening” by William Chambers in 1772, focuses on the ways, mainly, the Chinese built and decorated their gardens in comparison to the western civilisations, who used symmetry and tried to put everything under control. According to his observations the Chinese gardens are made so as to evoke emotions and…
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Friend with an old book Reigle générale d’architecture – Jean Bullant The book that was assigned to me was unfortunately written in a language I don’t understand. In this book the orders of architecture are being explained. It follows the now canonical succession of the five orders, with theoretical models alternating with ancient examples. But…
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“A book of architecture containing designs of buildings and ornaments” was written by James Gibbs and first published in 1728. As the title suggests, this book focuses on the design of buildings, which is immediately noticeable upon opining, as it contains a lot of illustrations, etchings, and engravings. James Gibbs’ work does not hold a…
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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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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…