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Posted on 11/21/201908/11/2020

Organisation of the book:

  • The first volume is separated into five parts, each containing 3 chapters, besides the last part which contains 5 chapters.
    • The first part treats the origin and progress of architecture, speaks also about interpreters of Vitruve or Vignole, and the use of proportions by the ”great architects”.
    • The second part speaks about proportions: geometrical, arithmetic, harmonic.
    • The third part deals with proportions in nature and how proportions can produce a pleasant feeling.
    • The fourth part is about personal taste, the origin of that taste and how to join these principles to a ‘’happy natural disposition’’.
    • The fifth part treats on the different paths to achieve the ‘’essential beauty’’, also gives some construction examples and also trials from the author.
  • The second volume is separated into three main parts
    • The first part is an abbreviated history of architecture which contains 5 chapters. Writing about the use of proportions from different architects, also on columns, their diminution and also a chapter about the space between columns. 
    • The second part is about the five orders, as interpreted by Vignole, Palladio, and Scamozzi. Each order has a page of text and 2 illustrations per architect, showing the different ways the architects build using a specific order.
    • The third part has 6 chapters, assembling what different architects have said about the change of the situation or height of a building and how it impacts the whole of the orders.

Size of the books:

f° – height – 345mm, width – 255mm

Total number of pages and illustrations:

  • The first volume has 108 pages with 40 illustrated boards, (which are not counted as pages). Among the illustrated boards there are 3 ground plans and a foldable illustration of a building facade. 
  • The second volume has 194 pages of which 98 are illustrated boards, in addition, there is one table and an appendix with 24 additional illustrations.

Attachments

  • BOOK-2 (134 MB)
  • BOOK-2-1 (134 MB)

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