GREETINGS #71

I visited the archive of the ETH Library. I had the opportunity to have a look at the Book “Architectura et persepctiva des fortifications & artifices” of the author Jacques Perres. Beforehand I chose two pages from the book which i took from an online forum. Afterwards I looked these exact pages up at the…

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The book is very beautifully bound. The Leather and the red color on the side adds a nice touch. It was a little bit scary to handle this book knowing its age.

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I chose these two pages because there’s text, a sketch and a picture displayed, I think they give a clear image of what’s to be expected from the rest of the book. The cover of the book had a smooth feel to it and was engraved with golden letters on the side, the pages itself…

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I chose the first page because of it’s appearance. A large part of it is brown coloured and it seems like someone spilled their coffee over it or just lightly burnt it. The second page got mz attention because of the beautiful drawings of the front view and the section. I took a picture of…

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Ernst Friedrich von Borgsdorf 1495 Die fotografierten Seiten sind interessant, da durch Skizzen eine Art Festung dargestellt werden. Der Zustand des Buches ist gut erhalten, jedoch kann man kaum die Originalfarbe des Covers oder der Seiten erkennen, da diese über die Jahre vergilbt sind.

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The Architecture of Palladio I choose these two pages because I was intrigued by the tools that were drawn on one of the pages.

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In my opinion it’s very interesting, how the artist of this pictures managed to draw a cut threw the building while still drawing the outside from it. The detail of the drawings is also amazing.

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I chose this page because I found it fascinating how the foreword is combined with a drawing. This page looked interesting because of the architectural design of this object. The book was pretty heavy and but it was cleaner than i thought. But the book is almost 400 years old and you would see that…