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…
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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…
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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…
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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…