The Title of the book is Architettura della basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano and it is written by Giovanni Battista Costaguti. In the Title it says, that it is about the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. This is a very descriptive title without generating tension it is very neutral. The book doesn’t have…
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The title of my book is “Regola delli cinq ordini d’architettura” by Vignola. The title reveals that the book is about the five orders of architecture. The book contains only pictures with a little bit of text. Already after the first few pages, the five orders are introduced. The structure of the book is divided…
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Der Titel des Buches verrät, dass es sich um ein Wörterbuch handelt. Das Bach wendet sich an alle Menschen, die etwas über Architektur erfahren wollen oder ihren Wortschatz erweitern wollen. Das Buch ist für Jedermann geeignet. Das Buch enthält keine Liste, aber die Wörter sind alphabethisch geordnet, wie es in einem Wörterbuch üblich ist. Die…
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Alexandre le blond’s „Explication des termes d’Architecture“ has a longer title which lists many different working fields. For example, mathematics, mechanics, sculpture and many more. It is not only an architecture related dictionary, but also includes many different topics. Therefore, it tries to speak to architects, but also to someone who works in a related…
Friends with an old book – Argument – Daniele Barbaro “Ten books of architecture”
The full title of the book: what is it revealing about the content of the book? Who is it speaking to? The full title is:«M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura libri decem : cum commentariis Danielis Barbari, electi patriarchae aquileiensis: multis aedificiorum, horologiorum et machinarum descriptionibus». Barbaro is naming his book “the 10 books of architecture”….
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The book is called „Neü-herfürgegebene Kriegsarchitectur“. The title reveals what the book is about: buildings for the war and military buildings. The author Christoph Heidemann, who also wrote more books about military buildings, wanted to probably point out, how buildings in these times can be built and didn’t only write about different ways of designing…
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Oder Anleitung zu denen Brunnenkünsten The title of my book is “Architectura Hydraulica oder Anleitung zu denen Brunnenkünsten”. It is composed in German and written in 1765 by Caspar Walter. The book is, according to the title, is about building fountains. Because building fountains is not exactly general education, I assume that the book is…
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Isaac Ware: Designs of Inigo Jones and others The book was first published in 1731, meaning the author was merely 27 years old. He was working together with other architects. Since his childhood, where he was adopted by an Earl, he had an immense talent for drawing. Luckily, he was able to live up to…
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vari disegni de arcitettura ornati de porte (Benardino Radi) Elio Bysäth The book “vari disegni de arcitettura ornati de porte” by Bernado Radi is a book mainly illustrated with drawings of entrances. The title of the book is Italian and says that it is about various architectural designs with ornate doors. This title makes sense…