Friends with an old book – “The villas of the ancients illustrated” by Robert Castell As the titel of the book already reveals, «The villas of the ancients illustrated» by Robert Castell deals with ancient roman villas and their construction. It is devoted to different villas chapter by chapter and analyzes them, supported with plans…
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The title “THE VILLAS OF THE ANCIENTS ILLUSTRATED” is a bit misleading cause the author Robert Castell only refers to two ancient buildings, the Laurentium and the Tusculum, described by Pliny the younger. Castell pictures in his book these two Villas also with floor plans and elevations. The book is directed “TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE…
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The Villas of the ancients illustrated by Robert Castell I choose these pages as the author explains the position of the Villa in its surounding area and the location of the adjoining buildings, the different gardens and the topograhy. Furthermore all this information is mentioned in a beautiful siteplan. In this picture you can see…
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The villas of the ancients illustrated von Robert Castell I choose these two pages of the book, as the director refers directly to Vitruvius in his text about the Tuscum-Villa and the detailed drawing of the villa shows a great overview of the beautiful building. In this picture you can see that the size of…