The title of Sebastiano Serlio’s book “Tutte le opere dell’architettura” translated to English means a collection of all of the books about architecture. It was written in the middle of the 16th century. The first thing that I saw, was the thickness of the book. But, of course, it must be thick since, like the…
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While getting to know my assigned book better I first looked at the title. The title of my book is “Architettura civile del padre D. Guarino Guarini … : opera postuma …”, which is translated: “Civil architecture of father Guarino Guarini…: posthumous work…”. Simply from the title I know that the content itself is from…
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The full title of the book: what is it revealing about the content of the book? Who is it speaking to? The full title of the book is «A treatise on civil architecture». The title indicates a book about civil architecture. The book has a subscribers list with many names of noble people. But I…
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Friends with an old book: Argument V Columnae by Hans Blum The content “V Columnae by Hans Blum printed in 1596 is still today among interesting and important approaches for architects. The Latin word “Columnae” is translated into German as “column”. The letter “V” stands for the Roman numeral five. Thus, one can interpret that…
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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Friends with an old book: Argument V Columnae von Hans Blum Der Inhalt «V Columnae von Hans Blum gedruckt im Jahre 1596 zählt auch heute noch zu interessanten und wichtigen Ansätze für Architekten. Das lateinische Wort «Columnae» wird als «Säule» in die deutsche Sprache übersetzt. Der Buchstabe «V» steht für die römische Ziffer fünf. Somit…
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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. …
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The name of the book, “Cours d’architecture, ou Traité de la décoration, distribution &construction des bâtiments”, indicates that it gives lessons about the ornamentality, proportion, and construction of buildings. It can be used as a textbook or reference book for students or architects around year 1771. The table of content is followed by a very…
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The title already reveals a lot about the content of the book “Instituzione pratica dell’ architettura civile per la decorazione de’ pubblici, e privati edifice” followed by “preceduta da un articolo di Geometria in pratica ad uso delli disegnatori, et artefici / di Paolo Federico Bianchi” which translated in English means Practical institution of civil architecture for…
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“A dissertation on oriental gardening” By reading the title of the book you immediately find out important information about it: it is about oriental gardening and is directed to anyone who is interested in it. It can most likely be used as a form of encyclopedia for gardening. Unfortunately, the book doesn’t have a list…