I chose the pages 215 and 216 because they belong to the same building but are shown off differently. In the first weeks we were told that the ground view and the profile are the images that tell us most information about a building, so this double-page simply stood out to me. The original copy…
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1. -> Interesting images (very detailed) 2. -> “Temples anciens et modernes” by Louis Avril is an average sized book containing around 350 pages. From the outside the it doesn’t really stick out in any way but it has an interesting pattern on the front page that also continues on the side of all the…
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Titel: Descripción del Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial : su magnífico templo, panteo, y palacio…Verantwortung: por Andrés XiménezPublikation: Madrid : Ed. Patrimonio nacionalAusgabe/Datum: 1984Format: 452 p.Sprache: Spanisch I chose these to pages because I found the way one chapter continues to another in a very nice decorative way. The book is about 30cm…
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Synopsis architecturae civilis electicae – Johann Jacob Schübler I choosed these two pages, because they contain a picture and a text on a double page and I was impressed by the precision of the drawing. The book was still in good condition. I found the inscription on the side remarkable.
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#18 #19-057-934
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Title: Li cinque ordini dell’architettura civile di Michel Sanmicheli rilevati dalle sue fabriche / e descritti e publicati con quelli di Vitruvio, Alberti, Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio, e Vignola Autor: Alessandro Pompei Publication date: 1735 Language: Italian Pages: 112 Tavole (drawings): 37 The first page I chose shows drawings (maybe copperplate engravings) of several friezes (or…
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-Colona Traiana eretta dal Senato -Pietro Santi Bartoli -1673
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The reasons why I chose these two pages are the beautiful initials which I immediately connect to old books, the detailed drawing at the top of page 141 and the interesting concept and explanation on how it is constructed on page 277. The handmade sheets are glued and stitched together again by hand and bound…
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I have chosen this particular page, for detailed drawing/depiction of the fabrics
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“Logometron architecturae militaris Freitagianae”, Andreas Alexander, 1665