«Architectura Civilis» written by Joseph Furttenbach (argument_25) was the first book I came across during my searching. The similarity between this and my book is, that the authors write a lot about public buildings like churches and chapels. These buildings are analyzed by the authors, and they explain, how they are constructed. They both work…
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Our book «Vollständige Anweisung, alle Arten von Kirchen wohl anzugehen» written by Leonhard Christoph Sturm has inspired me really. It is fascinating, how detailed he had drawn the churches, which we see in the book. Outside of the drawings, he wrote a very good and clear text with constructions on how we should build a…
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From the very first moment, I was fascinated by the incredibly beautiful, detailed drawings of the churches in our book. They had such a convincing effect that I started my conversation with Alice in the course of this task with the topic of architecture and the terms «church» and «drawing». Both of them describe the…
Argument 62
Christoph Leonhard Sturm is the author of the book “Vollständige Anweisungen, alle Arten von Kirchen wohl anzugeben». He has studied and after that he taught at a university the subject’s mathematics and architecture. His focus was on the construction of civil and military buildings. In this book he has explained the differences of the churches. The…
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The author of «Vollständige Anweisung, alle Arten von Kirchen wohl anzugeben», Christoph Leonhard Sturm, started teaching at university after his studies. His subjects were mathematics and architecture, with a focus on the construction of civil and military buildings. It is said that Sturm himself rarely built and rather devoted himself to his theoretical works. It…
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Author: Leonhard Christoph Sturm Publication date: 1718, Augsburg