The book «Neu-Triumphirende Fortification auff allerley Situationen, defensive und offensive zu gebrauchen» by the author Ernst Friederich von Borgsdorf, a Austrian engineer Baron, was published in 1703 in Vienna by Johann Georg Schlegel. The title suggests a manual on the use of newly triumphant fortresses in all kind of situations, is to be found in this…
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The full title of the book is “Delle basiliche antiche” and it was written by Enea Arnaldi in 1769. In the first place this book is directed to architects but in my opinion also to the religious people. The author was born on 29. April in Vicenza. He was an Italian architect but also a…
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Without knowing any better, the title of the book “the theory of perspective demonstrated” makes me think it will talk about the importance of perspective and how it can largely impact our perception of things, such as for example a builing. The book doesn’t have a list of content but there is a short preface…
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The full title of the book is „anderer Versuch seiner architect: Wercke bestehend in allerhand Grund-Haupt-Rissen und Profilen unterschiedener Gebäuden. In Nürnberg“ from Johann Rudolph Faesch. In my opinion the book is for all the people which are interested in the architecture and the construction art. Especially if you are interested in the architecture of…
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The full title of the book is “resolution des quatre principeaux problèmes d’achitecture” from Francois Blondes. In my opinion the book is for all people involved in architecture, as it points out the obvious problems of architecture, which are also today known. List of contents: The book is divided in such a way that it…
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Title The title “Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla”, which translates to “paradoxes for practicing perspective without knowing it”, already gives us a pretty good idea of what the book is about. It seems to be a didactic book which promises to give us some tips and tricks for using perspective “without actually knowing…
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The full title of this book translates from Italian to: „The deception of the eyes, practical prospektive“, followed by a subtitle describing the author: „from Pietro Accolti, gentleman from florence and from the tuscan academy of design. Treatise on painting“ Obviously as the title suggests, someone would read this book to get a close insight…
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The book’s full title lists all the subjects, working fields and parts of history it covers with it’s contents as a dictionary. It is supposed to speak to all kinds of architects but might also speak to an “ordinary person” or a layman who wants to study general definitions of things found in one’s daily…
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A complete body of architecture was written by Isaac Ware, who was an English architect and lived from 1704 to 1766. He worked as a translator of Andrea Palladio, an Italian Renaissance architect. After growing up in poverty he got adopted where his talent was recognised quickly. He was a member of the St. Martin’s…
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The book, whose full title Translates from French to: “the universal art of fortifications, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and compounds.” Is followed by a subtitle sentence which reads: “With the Art of attacking fortified places by surprise and by force, and also to defend fortified places against surprises and force.” Those two sentences already contain…