As the book is written in Italian, and I sadly cannot understand the language, I was unable to fully comprehend the content of Enea Arnaldi’s “Delle Basiliche Antiche”. Thus the illustrations found in the book were the main elements that led to my own understanding of this particular book. According to the title of the…
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Friends with an old book I Argument Isaac Ware, an English architect who lived from 1704 to 1766, wrote a comprehensive work on architecture. He worked as a translator for Andrea Palladio, an Italian Renaissance architect. After growing up in poor conditions, he was adopted, where his talent was quickly recognised. He was a member…
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The title “A Collection of designs for rural retreats, as villas” precisely reveals the general content of the Book. As the title suggests, it deals with rural retreats in the form of villas. The author’s tone sounds educational; however, he does use casual language which would suggest, that he is sharing his knowledge to those…
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The book “Le fontane di Roma nelle piazze, e luoghi publici della città” by Giovanni Battista Falda consists mostly out of illustrations. In total the book has 224 pages but only on 110 pages is something written or displayed. There are 105 illustrations and the book has approximately a A5 format. Furthermore, the pages very…
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The book’s cover doesn’t contain anything noticeable and is plainly designed using only one single whitish colour. It doesn’t speak to anyone unless someone opens it up to see its’ content. Thus, it seems to be a mysterious book. It possesses chapters but doesn’t actually tell a story. When flipping through the book one may…
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Task 2 The Title of the book is in Italien „Lo inganno de gl’occhi“ which translated to English means The deception of the eye. It’s about Perspective and how the eye changes the view of a Building or even the surroundings. The subtitle gives further information „prospettiva pratica“ which means practical Perspective. The title gives…
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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…