La Perspective, Avec la Raison des ombres et miroirs 1612 (The Perspective, With the Reason for Shadows and Mirrors) Author Salomon de Caus About the author Salomon de Caus was an architect- mathematician and and hydraulic engineer. He was famous for his garden design with magnificent waterworks and for his many publications on topics relating…
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François Blondel wrote the book «Nouvelle Maniere de Fortifier les places» in 1688. Translated to English, the title of François Blondel’s book means “new way of fortifying places”. If you also take the background of the author into account, he probably wrote the book as a theoretical text about architectural spaces. The author was at…
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The book ”A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening” by William Chambers in 1772, focuses on the ways, mainly, the Chinese built and decorated their gardens in comparison to the western civilisations, who used symmetry and tried to put everything under control. According to his observations the Chinese gardens are made so as to evoke emotions and…
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Friend with an old book Reigle générale d’architecture – Jean Bullant The book that was assigned to me was unfortunately written in a language I don’t understand. In this book the orders of architecture are being explained. It follows the now canonical succession of the five orders, with theoretical models alternating with ancient examples. But…
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The Villas Of The Ancients Illustrated By Robert Castell Der Titel verrät uns eigentlich schon den ganzen Inhalt dieses Buches. Wie man daraus entnehmen kann geht es um Villen. Präziser ausgedrückt geht es um alte römische Villen und deren dazugehörigen Gärten. Robert Castell konzentriert sich dabei auf die Analyse zweier derartigen Gebäude. Eine Villa in…
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L’ART D’APPAREIL, QUI FAIT UNE PARTIE ESSENTIELLE DE L’ARCHITECTURE, NECESSAIRE AUX ARCHITECTS, ENTREPRENEURS, APPAREILLEURS, ET TAILLEURS DE PIERRES. As the title suggests, the book is about the art of the device, which is an essential part of architecture.The book is aimed at architects, contractors, equipment manufacturers and stonemasons, which can also be read from the…
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The book which was assigned to us, carries the title „Le dix livres d’Architecture de Vitruve“ and was written by Claude Perrault in 1984. Judging by it’s title, it has a touch to it, which makes this book sound quintessential for architects and architecture in general. It’s dimensions and attention to detail on the books…
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“A book of architecture containing designs of buildings and ornaments” was written by James Gibbs and first published in 1728. As the title suggests, this book focuses on the design of buildings, which is immediately noticeable upon opining, as it contains a lot of illustrations, etchings, and engravings. James Gibbs’ work does not hold a…
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On the first page of the book Jean Françeois de Neufforge writes that his book contains several studies of the orders of architecture according to the opinion of the ancients. The title “Recueil elementaire d’architecture” translated in English means “the elementary collection of architecture”. He wants to provide inspiration for others with his images. By…