Argument_68

“A book of architecture containing designs of buildings and ornaments” by James Gibbs As the title the books says, it is about designs and ornaments. The book starts with an introduction. After the introduction all the plates (images) are described. After more than hundreds description of all plates. The actual plates follow. It has images…

Argument – 107

Friends with an old book argument The book is called: “Mémoires sur les objets les plus importants de l’architecture”.It was written in 1769, and to put it in a historical context, it was written during the Renaissance, when the ancient writings of antiquity were rediscovered and architecture had a new lease of life. The author…

Argument_79

The title of the book is “Del Palazzo de Cesari” and it is a opaera postuma which means that it was written after Cesari’s death. This book was not written by Giuseppe Cesari but by Francesco Bianchini who was an Italian philosopher and astronomer who was born in Verona in 1662. The book itself is…

Argument_34

The title of the book “Logometron architecturae militaris Freitagianae” , written by Andreas Alexander in 1665, is in Latin. This contrasts with the rest of the work, the subtitle and the original language, which are written in Old High German. From the title and the subtitle, which reads “Kunstmass der Freitagischen Bevestigung / Mit gnugsamer…

Argument_47

Colonna Traiana eretta dal Senato Pietro Santo Bartoli Rom 1673 “Colonna Traiana eretta dal Senato” means “Trajan’s Column erected by the Senate”. It is  published in 1673 and is all about the Trajana column that is built under Trajans rule and mostly about the battles in that time. Trajan was a roman emperor from 98…

Argument_105

Dell Architettura (from architecture/about architecture) The book was presentented as written by Mario Gioffredo di Napoli and not the name that was mentioned before. It is the first part of the book. The writer dedicated the Book to Giovanni Napoletani Studiosi d‘archittetura. But in the beginning he was flattering the King. In the book he is…

Argument_06

In 1548 Walther Ryff was the first to publish a translation of the Latin book “Vitruvius”. With pictures and comments Walther Ryff supplements the ancient text of the Roman architect Vitruvius. Ryff’s work became one of the most important architectural theory books of the (German) Renaissance.  By title “Vitruvius. Des allernamhafftigisten unnd hocherfarnesten römischen Architecti…

Argument_71

The title of the book synopsis architecturae civil eclecticae reveals that the book is about architecture and  the parts of civil engineering. The first view pages of the book are all blank. After the four blank pages, there is a page which informs you of the basic knowledge of the book. This first written page,…

Argument_13

The book Architectura by Gabriel Kramer is a very thin books that include only images and no index or text of some sort. The images (30 in total ca) are very beautiful hand-drawings with a lot of details on them.  The book is published in 1606 and is a Saulenbücher, (the title “Architectura”is very common…