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…

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Architectura de postium seu portalium ornatu vario is the full title of my friend the old book. Translated from latin this means as much as: the architecture of doors and portals and their various ornaments. The authors name was Wendling Dietterlin he lived from 1550-1599 around Strasbourg. He worked as a painter and construction theorist….

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To understand the context of the book it is helpful to first take a look at the author, Jean-François de Neufforge , his circumstances and the circumstances under which “Recueil elementaire d’architecture” was written. De Neufforge was born in the early 18th century in Belgium but spent most of his life in Paris. He worked…

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20-944-021 182 Task 2 To start I translated the title “Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum” via the internet into English. “The perspective of painters and architects” sounds like a book aimed at beginners, which is giving an insight into drawing or painting perspective. Although the book doesn’t have an on one of the first pages there…

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Jean-Baptiste Rondelet, Mémoire historique sur le Dôme du Panthéon Français Paris, 1797 The book has 118 pages and at the end are additional foldable plans. I choose two pictures of the foldable plans at the end. They remind me of a book for children I used to read, where you can play with the book by…

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The book has a pretty thick binding and is approximately 3cms thick. I was surprised how heavy it was. Alone from the smell you could tell it’s quite an old book.