I think the connection to the notebooks of leonardo da vinci is a really interesting one to be made,and one that works for my books as well. While Leonardo isn’t writing about himself explicitely in these texts,the nature of notebooks is one that inherently offers us some insight into the aouthor themself.It offers us insight…
Category: Xenotheka
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Based on my book: „Topographia Galliae, oder, Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekantisten Oerter in dem mächtigen und grossen Königreich Franckreich“ i chose to first seach Alice in the topic of architecture. I looked first for the last name of my author, which then gave me no usable results. I then focused more on…
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Searches Topic: “fortification” Alice’s Brain: Xenotheka Library Results: 630 Comments: Way too farfetched. Too many results, too often way off topic. Useless. Topic: “Fortification of castles, defensive architecture” Alice’s Brain: Architecture Library Results: 285 Comments: Still going far off Topic. But relevant ones, too. Relevant literature found: Szabo, The Bayeux Tapestry. A Critically Annotated Biblio…
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Based on the title of the book (“Elementos de toda la architectura civil : con las mas singulares observaciones de los modernosimpressos en latin”) as well as titles of some selected chapters, I chose the following words for the exploration on the search engine Alice: Words selected from the title: – civil architecture – elements…
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The book I am working with, “Dell’Architettura” by Mario Gioffredo is written in Italian and contains many drawings and little text. Since I unfortunately do not understand Italian, I have taken my search terms mainly from the drawings. The book shows many drawings of columns and ornaments and their mathematical backgrounds, which is why the…
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The book I have is called “Insignium Romae templorum” written by “Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi”. I took various steps to narrow down the search for compareable book with the help of Alice. First I typed in the name of my book, but it didn’t lead to anything. My book has it focus on architectural buildings…
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As a first step, I went to reread my text of task 2 (Argument) and made a list of the words that recurred most often, such as: “cinque ordini”, “proporzioni”, “Michel Sanmicheli”, “colonne”, “disegni”,… I set as topic of conversation: architecture, and as Alice’s brain: Xenotheka Library. As first word I typed the first part…
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1. Process The book (Theatrum Architecturae Civilis – Charles Philippe Dieussart) is roughly divided into three parts: Part 1: • Definition of architecture • Composition of architecture • Material foundations Part 2: • Column lessons from six model Renaissance architects • Column orders Part 3: • Proportion – of rooms, stairs, windows • Explanation of…
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For this task I needed to adjust firstly with Alice and how to use her right. At first I tried to find things about France in the 17th century because that is a big topic in Martin Zeillers book. I received many french authors In my first attempt and in particular books about the history…
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I looked for words which not only came across the book multiple times but also hold an architectnical meaning. I tried to use the words with the original language which is french. Words like jardin, chateau, décoration, maisons de plaisance and edifices caught my attention. I used the brain of Xenotheka so I could find…