The first book, which was found with the search engine Alice, was called “The Modern Architectural Theory” by Henry Francis Mallgrave. In his historical Survey they discuss idea of the new cities with tall constructions. The thought of a new city is also mentioned in the book of Jaques Perret, with different illustrations of cities…
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Des fortifications et artifices. Architecture et perspective was written and published by Jacques Perret, in 1601. his work shows that he was learned in modern military science. Perret was active in Savoy until 1575, and probably moved to Paris at the end of the 16th century after he converted to Protestantism. Originally, there were four…
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I have opened alice and typed the words drawing, structure and French. Afterwards I have gotten several options of books. Alice’s brain is adopted with the library of Shakespeare’s friends. I focused on three different books, who applied every time I searched with a new key word. Firstly, the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Secondly,…
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The tile of the book « Architectura et perspectiva des fortifications & artifice » provides information that this book is about the perspective and architecture of buildings. Therefore, it includes perspective drawings of buildings which will be discussed. However, there is no information in the title about the urban planning, which is addresses in the book. The…
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My book is called “Architectura et perspectiva des fortifications & artifices“. The book is speaking to the architects and the engineers at the beginning of the 17th century. It is written in French.There is no list of the content. Still there is a structure. You always have one page of text and the following double…
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Book: Architectura et perspectiva des fortifications & artifices – Author: Jaques Perret Language: French I chose the double page because I like the composition of the floor plan and the two different views. The building also appealed to me a lot. The book from 1602 is 63 pages long and thus 38 cm wide.It consists of 26 folding panels and normal panels.
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Architectura et perspectiva des fortifications & artifices – Jacques Perret 1602:This book shows a lot of detailed pictures and has always a text on the following side. The pages are mixed one side has a scatch and the other page has a text. Through the old pages you can see the color of the print…