The reasons why I chose these two pages are the beautiful initials which I immediately connect to old books, the detailed drawing at the top of page 141 and the interesting concept and explanation on how it is constructed on page 277. The handmade sheets are glued and stitched together again by hand and bound…
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I have chosen this particular page, for detailed drawing/depiction of the fabrics
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“Logometron architecturae militaris Freitagianae”, Andreas Alexander, 1665
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Vignola – Regola delli cinque ordini d’architettura 1562 In the first picture you see that the two columns on the man‘s side are not symmetric which is very interesting. In the second picture you see many details and the planing with the dimensions. In the original book the pages are mirrored and also the book…
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The book was way smaller than i imagined. In fact, it was more like a paperback, but still very costly made and decorated. I believe to know the side of the paper was covered with thin gold and it seemed like there used to be a kind of painting or geometry printed on it as…
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The Villas of the ancients illustrated by Robert Castell I choose these pages as the author explains the position of the Villa in its surounding area and the location of the adjoining buildings, the different gardens and the topograhy. Furthermore all this information is mentioned in a beautiful siteplan. In this picture you can see…
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Jean du Breuil, l’art universel des fortifications , Paris, 1674 I chose the following image because it is the first illustration of the book, it has some kind of introductory role. I chose the second image below due to its link with the first image, it is essentially the same drawing which Mars is holding…
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21-938-907 Martin I choosed the first image because I found the drawing beautiful. I choosed the second drawing because I found funny that the first Pilaster is incomplete. And the third image is a page that is different from the other: it’s bigger.