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…
Argument 15
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.
Task II – Del palazzo de’ Cesari – Francesco Bianchini
Del palazzo de’ Cesari – F. Bianchini The author of the book is Francesco Bianchini. He was born on 13th December 1662 and died on 2nd March 1729. He was an Italian philosopher and scientist. The book “Del palazzo de’ Cesari” is a posthumous work, what means that is appeared after his death. It was…
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The Oeuvres d’architecture de Vincent Scamozzi published in 1713 in Leyden is the fruit of the work of three men well-versed in architecture: the author, Venetian architect Scamozzi, and two translators into French: architect to the king, d’Aviler, and engineer, du Ry. Each of these men lived in a different century which is an interesting…