This book, whose title translates from Italian to « The four books of architecture » consists of four books, which are put togehter to one. Each one of the books has a different subject. The title suggests, that these are the books you have to read, if you are interested in or practise architecture. It is considered…
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Bassi, Martino “Dispareri in Materia d’Architettura, et Perspettiva” in Brescia, 1752 Martino Bassi (1544-1591) was an architect and engineer born in Milan but originally from Lugano and best known for his opposition to the first works designed by Pellegrino Tibaldi and commissioned by Carlo Borromeo in Milan Cathedral (1569). After his opposition was unsuccessful, he published…
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Lo inganno de gl’occhi was written by Pietro Accolti in 1625 and was published in Italy (Firenze). Lo inganno de gl’occhi means the deception of the eyes. It is related to the notions of perspective and perception discussed in the book. The author is mainly addressing painters, engineers, architects, or people with a personal interest…
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Der Buchtitel “A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening” lässt auf eine sachliche oder philosophische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema landschaftlicher architektonischer Gestaltung schließen. Da der Autor William Chambers, der im Jahre 1723 in England geboren wurde, selbst Architekt war, lässt sich diese Vermutung bestätigen. Im Laufe seiner frühen Karriere hielt sich dieser mehrmals in China auf, um…
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The work is entitled Rules for drawing the several parts of architecture, in a more exact and easly manner than has been heretofore practiced, by which all Fractions, in dividing the principal members and their parts are avoided and is a second edition printed by W. Bowyer in 1736 in London. The detailed title indicates…
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Neü-herfürgegebene Kriegs-Architektur Das Buch stammt aus dem Jahr 1673. Wie der Titel verrät handelt es sich dabei um ein Buch über die Kriegsarchitektur. Christoph Heidemann befasst sich im Buch mit Festigungsgebäude und wie man diese durch ihre Bauweise stärken kann. Einerseits wurde das Buch geschrieben für Personen der höheren Gesellschaftsschicht, die es vermochten, eine Festung…
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The title The title of my book is „Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla“, which means „Paradoxes to practice the perspective without knowing it“ in English. So the book is about being able to draw perspectives even without knowing them. I guess, that the book is made for architects or painters so that they…
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The title (architecture moderne) implies, that the book examines the modern architecture of this time. The second part of the title specifies the goal of this book: the art of building well. It also clearly empathizes who this book is for: for all kinds of people (pour toutes sortes de personnes). The book is divided…