I chose these two pages, because the illustration on these chapter covers are very interesting.
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Martino Bassi, Dispareri in Materie d’Architettura, et Prespettiva I chose this page because I found its structure interesting. Initially the lines are linear and of the same length, then they narrow, widen and finally narrow again until there is only room for one word. The second page is a drawing showing a room and some…
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Title: Lo inganno de gl’occhi Author: Pietro Accolti Date: 1625 Location: ETH – Archives / Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Part 1 I chose these pages because the contrast between the fact that there are no images on page 82 and the fact that there is no text on page 83. Part 2 The book…
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Title : Reigle générale d’architecture des cinq manières de colonnes : à scavoir, tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinth et composite : livre enrichy de plusieurs autres, à l’exemple de l’antique Author : Jean Bullant (1510-1578) Publication date : 1647 Language : french Location : ETH Zürich ETH Bibliothek RA Rara Rar 88 Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich…
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The villas of the ancients illustrated von Robert Castell
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Titel: Theatrum architecturae civilis Author: Carlo Dieussart In this chapter the author Carlo Dieussart (ca. 1625-1696) discusses the proportions of the windows and illustrates his results with help of different sketches. He uses circles (the perfect shape) as the element to define the width and the height of the window and presents this definition as…
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Picture 1: I took this site because of the rustic stone texture in some parts of the building. Picture 2: This building is really similar to the first one but it has much more little details and the texture of the stones isn’t that rustic. The book is old but in good shape probably because…
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Extraordinario libro by Sebastiano Serlio (1551) I chose this picture on page 36 because the form of this entrance stood out to me. This picture on page 18 shows a nice contrast to the first picture, because the distribution of density of detail is very different.
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Full title: Delle Basiliche Antiche Author: Enea Arnaldi Publication date: 1769, Vicenza Language: Italian Location of physical copy: ETH Zürich ETH-Bibliothek Rara und Karten Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich Schweiz Digital copy: https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/doi/10.3931/e-rara-367 I chose the following pages because they represent the combination this book was written in. It’s not only the text or theory explaining…