Comment on argument_33 I found your book “La militare architettura” by typing “art” into the search bar. Our books are quite similar. To begin, they both are quite heavy and massive, as well as though. These physical characteristics already convey well the theme of military fortifications, which is the main subject and second common factor…
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Xenotheka_36
I started to search with multiple combination of words, each time clicking on “explore” and then “find” : art, fortifications, war, universal art of fortifications, drawing… I did get decent results but nothing very relevant enough really. After a few more attempts, I then input the following words : “fortifications” and “treatise”. I wanted to…
Argument_36
The work l’Art universel des fortifications is a french book written by Jean Du Breuil. Let us first take a closer look at the main title. It means : “The universal art of fortifications”. What does this term defines exactly ? First, “universal art” means a set of knowledge known by everyone, and that art…
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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…