At the start I began by extracting the central words of my analysis. I settled on parallel and modern. Then I inserted them in different configurations and also modified as adjectives, plurals etc.. As the brain I used the architecture library. But this wasn’t the right choice because I only got results which interpreted the…
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Xenotheka_101
As in the previous tasks I had to work with the book “Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la modern” written by Charles Antoine Jombert and Roland Fréart de Chambray. So i started to exploring Alice’s work and thus the library of Xenotheka. First I wanted to go on on myself, without consulting the first introduction…
Xenotheka_101
Since my book is mainly about public buildings and how they are best implemented structurally, I started my search with this. For this search in “Ask Alice” I used the Xenotheka library. In the context bar I entered the word architecture. With these settings, I used various search terms to find the appropriate books. I…
Argument_101
Architektura civilis literally means civic architecture. This book thus describes the architecture of public, urban buildings. It was therefore aimed primarily at architects or very interested citizens. The book itself consists of texts and many illustrations that underline the text. It also focuses on the old Italian style of architecture. The book is divided into…
Argument_101
Friends with an old book, Task 2 The full title of my book is “Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la moderne content”. The title basically says what one can find in this book, the parallels between antique and modern architecture. Specifically, this book defines who to use the five orders in a modern context while…
Argument_101
The title of the book “Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la modern” reveals pretty much the whole topic of the book. One knows what it could be about. The author of the book Charles-Antoine Jombert wrote in coorparation with other authors of its time this book which is the fourth part of a series of…
Greetings_101
Joseph Furttenbach the Edler : Architectura civilis, Part_1
Greeting_101
The book “Parralèle de l’architecture antique avec la moderne”, 1766, is part of the ETH Rare Books collection and I was able to look at it in the archive of ETH. It was a little smaller than I thought it would be, as one can see on the picture where I hold it. It’s about…
Greetings_101
Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la modern Author Charles Antoine Jombert Paris, 1766 I chose both images because I found it impressive how well designed and accurat the measurement were written down on both pages. In addition to that it shows perfectly how the ionique order of the ancient world was differently and equally interpreted…