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…
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The title of my book is “Studio d‘architettura civile” by Ferdinando Ruggieri, which doesn’t give away a lot about the content. There is a very long and descriptive subtitle though, namely “Sopra gli ornamenti di porte, e finestre colle misure piante, modini, e profili, tratte da alcune fabbriche insigni di Firenze erette col disegno de‘…
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The title of the book is “Il Nuovo Splendore delle fabriche in prospettiva di roma moderna”. Translated it means „The New Splendour of Buildings through the Perspective of Modern Rome.“ I have difficulties to grasp the exact meaning of this title, but if I had to guess, I would say the book is about this new…
Argument 301
The title of the book already says a lot about the content. “Handy Architecture” is the title and already describes that this book explains all the basic things that are needed for architecture. First, the book covers definitions of geometric measurements of planes, surfaces, and buildings. Then it speaks about triangles, quadrilaterals, and polygonal figures….
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Descripción del Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de el Escorial – Andres Ximenez General information The title of my book is “Descripción del Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de el Escorial”, written by Andrés Ximénez, which automatically describes what the intention of the book is: This book describes the royal monastery of San Lorenzo…
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My book is called “Architectura et perspectiva des fortifications & artifices“. The book is speaking to the architects and the engineers at the beginning of the 17th century. It is written in French.There is no list of the content. Still there is a structure. You always have one page of text and the following double…
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Andreas Albrecht was born on the 26th of January 1586 in Nürnberg and died in 1628 in Hamburg. He was a German mathematician and engineer but also an architect and a drawer. Albrecht invented different useful instruments for architecture. In his book «Instrument zur Architektur: Damit die fünff Seülen auch aller Sorten Stück und Morsser, sowol…
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I chose these pages because I really liked these plans and was interested in how they seemed very detailed but fit into such a small book. The book was surprisingly thin and the pages were very fragil. I really loved the foldable pages in the end of the book.