For this task I was searching for a Book that has some similaries with mine. I saw that some of them are pretty different but some have same drawings or picture in it. I limmited my comments to two books and wrote about the connections of them with my book. Comment 1: in response to…
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Xenotheka_64
Researching my befriended book „Studio d’architettura civile“ by Ferdinando Ruggieri wasn’t all that easy at first, because it is majorly a collection of architectural drawings and doesn’t contain much text at all. To get some search results, I had to aim at comparable books, that revolved around architectural elements, ornaments and details, just as they…
Argument_64
The title of the book is «Studio d’architettura civile » by Ferdinando Ruggieri who was born in Florence in April 1687. He was active in Florence during the late Baroque period. He helped design the left facade oft he Church of San Firenze, the Palazzo Capponi, the Palazzo Sansedoni and the collegiata of Empoli. The title…
Argument_64
The title of my book is “Studio d‘architettura civile” by Ferdinando Ruggieri, which doesn’t give away a lot about the content. There is a very long and descriptive subtitle though, namely “Sopra gli ornamenti di porte, e finestre colle misure piante, modini, e profili, tratte da alcune fabbriche insigni di Firenze erette col disegno de‘…
Greetings_64
The Books “Studio d’architettura civile” by Fredinando Ruggieri includes 4 different Books. I was very surprised by how big those Books were. By seeing the Pages on the PDF i thought those Books must be smaller. It was impressiv to see those very percise drawings so big on each page. I chose those two pages,…
Greetings_64
The book “Studio d‘architettura civile” by Ferdinando Ruggieri is part of ETH‘s RARA Collection and I was able to have a look at it in the archive. The 4 books (tomi) were surprisingly big, with a format of roughly 36 x 48 cm. Therefore the drawings were absolutely fascinating. I also discovered even more beautiful…
Greetings_64
The 4 books by Ferdinando Ruggieri are filled with beautiful and very precise drawings of architectural elements, facades, bustes and whole buildings. The illustrations of human figures are some of the most striking to me. I also found the second drawing very unique, which shows the scaffolding, that was used during construction of the “Santa…