The Villas Of The Ancients Illustrated By Robert Castell Der Titel verrät uns eigentlich schon den ganzen Inhalt dieses Buches. Wie man daraus entnehmen kann geht es um Villen. Präziser ausgedrückt geht es um alte römische Villen und deren dazugehörigen Gärten. Robert Castell konzentriert sich dabei auf die Analyse zweier derartigen Gebäude. Eine Villa in…
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L’ART D’APPAREIL, QUI FAIT UNE PARTIE ESSENTIELLE DE L’ARCHITECTURE, NECESSAIRE AUX ARCHITECTS, ENTREPRENEURS, APPAREILLEURS, ET TAILLEURS DE PIERRES. As the title suggests, the book is about the art of the device, which is an essential part of architecture.The book is aimed at architects, contractors, equipment manufacturers and stonemasons, which can also be read from the…
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The book which was assigned to us, carries the title „Le dix livres d’Architecture de Vitruve“ and was written by Claude Perrault in 1984. Judging by it’s title, it has a touch to it, which makes this book sound quintessential for architects and architecture in general. It’s dimensions and attention to detail on the books…
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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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On the first page of the book Jean Françeois de Neufforge writes that his book contains several studies of the orders of architecture according to the opinion of the ancients. The title “Recueil elementaire d’architecture” translated in English means “the elementary collection of architecture”. He wants to provide inspiration for others with his images. By…
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“Designs of Inigo Jones and others” by Isaac Ware published 1742 The Book «Designs of Inigo Jones and others» was published 1742 by Isaac Ware. It was the second edition. The book has approximately a A5 format. Is not very thick, so it is handy. I could imagine that he could carry it with him…
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The book with which I will become even better friends is titled “Dell’architettura. Dialogi di Ermenegildo Pini C.R.B”. Ermenegildo (1739-1825) is also the author of the book. He was a studied philosopher, geologist and mathematician who was very interested in and geological phenomena and to proof them in a scientific as well as in a religious way….
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The title of my book is “Regola delli cinque ordini d’architettura” and was published in the middle of the 16th century. This title reveals the content of the book. This book is about the five classical orders. This title attracted at its time those architecture enthusiasts who wanted to learn more about ancient building methods…
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Extraordinario libro di architettura di Sebastiano Serlio architetto del Re Chri is a thin book written in 16th century by Sebastiano Serlio. It is an addition to his heptology of books about ancient architecture. Serlio’s books are ordered as follows: Geometry, perspective, examples of ancient architecture in rom, orders, layouts of temples, residential houses for…
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Friends with an old book – “The villas of the ancients illustrated” by Robert Castell As the titel of the book already reveals, «The villas of the ancients illustrated» by Robert Castell deals with ancient roman villas and their construction. It is devoted to different villas chapter by chapter and analyzes them, supported with plans…