Comment 1: Greetings_93: Our books have many similarities in appearance, but also in content. Both books contain detailed hand drawings of a wide variety of columns. These hand drawings are also supplemented with technical information. In addition, your book also deals with the subject of entrances and their proportions. The books both have a leather…
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1. Process The book (Theatrum Architecturae Civilis – Charles Philippe Dieussart) is roughly divided into three parts: Part 1: • Definition of architecture • Composition of architecture • Material foundations Part 2: • Column lessons from six model Renaissance architects • Column orders Part 3: • Proportion – of rooms, stairs, windows • Explanation of…
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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…