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…
Greetings_228_Jacques François Blondel, Cours d’architecture, ou Traité de la décoration, distribution & construction des bâtiment
in general i thought of a much bigger book but in the end it was very delicat and fragile. its funny how i imaged old with this picture of an old heavy book.
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The author of «Vollständige Anweisung, alle Arten von Kirchen wohl anzugeben», Christoph Leonhard Sturm, started teaching at university after his studies. His subjects were mathematics and architecture, with a focus on the construction of civil and military buildings. It is said that Sturm himself rarely built and rather devoted himself to his theoretical works. It…
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«Architectura» by Gabriel Kramer starts off with a title page that explains the book’s intents. Here it is explained, that the author Gabriel Kramer shows the five orders, in an analytical manner. He even mentions Vitruvius, who he wishes to compare his work to. Upon scanning the pages it’s clear that the book is a…