The full title of Martin Zeillers book is „Topographia Galliae, Oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten / und bekantisten Oerter / in dem mächtigen / und grossen Königreich Frankreich“ and it has in total four volumes. Translated from latin the meaning „ „Topographia Gallilae“ ist the topographic of Gaul and by further inspecting the inside…
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The author Marie-Joseph Peyre lived in the 18th century and was himself an architect. That I an explanation for the title Oeuvres d’architecture, which means as much as “the work of art in architecture”.If we take into account the time in which Peyer lived, this makes perfect sense, since he was in the midst of…
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The full name of the book is “MÉMOIRE HISTORIQUE SUR LE DÔME DU PANTHÉON FRANCAIS” and as the title already states the entire book is about the history of The Panthéon in Paris which was built between 1758 and 1790. More precisely it is about the dome of the Panthéon. The book is divided into…
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The title of the book I received is entitled: Reigle générale d’architecture des cinq manière de colonnes : à scavoir, tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinth et composite: book enriched of several others, with the example of the antique. The title is very revealing. Its author, Jean Bullant, talks about the columns and describes them in particular. Furthermore,…
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Manière de bastir pour touttes sortes de personnes Pierre Le Muet The full title of the book is “Manière de bastir pour touttes sortes de personnes” which means the way of building for every sort of people. From the title it is clear that the topic of the book is architecture and that it is…
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“Logometron architecturae militaris Freitagianae” or in german “Kunstmass der Freitagischen Bevestigung“ is written by Andreas Alexander in 1665. The book is written in german while the title is in latin. As Alexander was working as an architect, he dedicated this work to architecture. More specificly on the matter of circle sector: The part of a circle enclosed…
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The title of the book is: “Architectura militaris”, written by Andreas Cellarius in 1645. It was written in German and has the old style of writing. This book is about military construction in early times in Europe. In other words, about the fortifications and how they are built. The book is structured in four large…
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Archisesto per formar con facilità li cinque ordini d’architettura : con altri particolari intorno la medesma professione / del signor Ottavio Revesi Bruti, gentilhuomo vicentino, written by Ottavio Revesi Bruti is an architectural textbook, which shows how to make and use an archisesto , a proportional compass invented by the author, based on Galileo Galilei’s geometrical…
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The title offers a clue what the author wants to say. It seems like the book is a manual for building a house the right way. The drawings and pictures in the book reveal big projects which suits the bourgeoisie but not the lower classes. The houses look expensive and must be designed for a…
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The full name of my book is „The Architecture of Palladio in Four Books“. When you read the title for the first time, you can imagine that it is about architecture, of course, but specified in someones style. So from a title like this one here I would expect theoretical explanations with a lot of…