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The Architecture of A. Palladio Task: 2. Argument The title of the books tells us that it is a summary of four books. It tells us something about the architecture realized by A. Palladio. There is no table of contents. Although there is a page where there is a short description of what books are…

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Architectura Militaris As you read the title you can clearly understand the target of the book, it might be nuanced, as in is this a more historical or practical approach to the thematic but from the ground on it is very clear we are reading a book about military architecture.  The book itself has no…

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The titel of the book is de gli obelischi di Roma. With the “obelischi” is meant a pointed columne, which is, as it maybe can be guessed, located in Rom. Also, the whole book is written in Italian. In this case the title reveals the topic of the book.  At the back is a contents…

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The work l’Art universel des fortifications is a french book written by Jean Du Breuil. Let us first take a closer look at the main title. It means : “The universal art of fortifications”. What does this term defines exactly ? First, “universal art” means a set of knowledge known by everyone, and that art…

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Colona Traiana eretta del Senato Colona Traiana eretta dal Senato or in English The Trajan’s Column erected by the Senate tells us alone with the title and the first page what the book is about. Trajan’s Column was erected by the Roman Senate and people in honor of the Emperor Trajan Augustus on the Roman…

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Li cinque ordini dell’architettura civile di Michel Sanmicheli rilevati dalle sue fabriche /e descritti e publiati con quelli di Vitruvio, Alberti, Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio e Vignola dal co. Alessandro Pompei is a writing/book that illustrates the different orders of Classical architecture: Ionic, Doric, Corinthian, Tuscan and Composite. The book also talks specifically about 7 of…

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The book „the grecian orders of archietcture“ was written by Stephen Riou and published in 1768 in London. Etienne „Stephen“ Riou was an english architect who lived between 1720 and 1780, he studied at Geneva and published his first work ‘The elements of Fortification’ in 1746. When taking a first look at the book it…

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L’EXPERIENCE DE L’ARCHITECTURE MILITAIREThe entire title of this book is about half a page long. It describes what this book is about. It is aboutexperiences of military architecture. In particular, it is about learning thoroughly how to work on thesquares: Knowledge of materials, masonry, plots… to finding water sources. I think this book wasintended as…