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Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554) was the most important architectural writer and theorist of the sixteenth century; despite this, his writings have been virtually inaccessible until now. This translation of Serlio's five-volume treatise--he died before publishing two further volumes--replaces the only other English version, one that was produced in 1611 from an inaccurate(...)
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Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554) was the most important architectural writer and theorist of the sixteenth century; despite this, his writings have been virtually inaccessible until now. This translation of Serlio's five-volume treatise--he died before publishing two further volumes--replaces the only other English version, one that was produced in 1611 from an inaccurate(...)
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Sebastiano Serlio on architecture : volume one
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Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554) was the most important architectural writer and theorist of the sixteenth century; despite this, his writings have been virtually inaccessible until now. This translation of Serlio's five-volume treatise--he died before publishing two further volumes--replaces the only other English version, one that was produced in 1611 from an inaccurate Dutch translation of the Italian original. Vaughan Hart and Peter Hicks, working directly from Serlio's own corrected editions, here provide new access to his highly influential treatise. Serlio introduced northern Europe to the principles of classical design. When Christopher Wren was building St. Paul's Cathedral and when John Wood designed the streets of Bath, for example, both architects had Serlio's books on hand. Serlio begins with the rules of geometry and perspective, and continues with a description of the ornamental splendor of the baths, temples, arches, and palaces of ancient Rome. He includes advice on how to incorporate classical features into interior designs. In an innovative discussion of Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns, to which he added Composite, Serlio established a canon of Five Orders that held authority for over a century. He illustrates the use of these orders in twelve temple designs. Serlio's attempt to codify the rules of a design language that utilized tradition while facilitating invention mirrors similar efforts by architects in the twentieth century to establish an architectural order through rules governing proportion and form. Serlio's beautiful woodcut illustrations are reproduced in this edition, which also includes a thorough introduction, commentary, and glossary of terms.
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Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554) was the most important architectural writer and theorist of the sixteenth century; despite this, his writings have been virtually inaccessible until now. This translation of Serlio's five-volume treatise--he died before publishing two further volumes--replaces the only other English version, one that was produced in 1611 from an inaccurate Dutch translation of the Italian original. Vaughan Hart and Peter Hicks, working directly from Serlio's own corrected editions, here provide new access to his highly influential treatise. Serlio introduced northern Europe to the principles of classical design. When Christopher Wren was building St. Paul's Cathedral and when John Wood designed the streets of Bath, for example, both architects had Serlio's books on hand. Serlio begins with the rules of geometry and perspective, and continues with a description of the ornamental splendor of the baths, temples, arches, and palaces of ancient Rome. He includes advice on how to incorporate classical features into interior designs. In an innovative discussion of Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns, to which he added Composite, Serlio established a canon of Five Orders that held authority for over a century. He illustrates the use of these orders in twelve temple designs. Serlio's attempt to codify the rules of a design language that utilized tradition while facilitating invention mirrors similar efforts by architects in the twentieth century to establish an architectural order through rules governing proportion and form. Serlio's beautiful woodcut illustrations are reproduced in this edition, which also includes a thorough introduction, commentary, and glossary of terms.
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October 1996, New Haven
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Vitruvius on architecture
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"Vitruvius on Architecture" presents not only a new translation of the five books most relevant to contemporary architecture but also new drawings and watercolors that illustrate, certainly for the first time since ancient days, Vitruvius’s methods of proportion and composition. Architect and educator Thomas Gordon Smith re-created these finely detailed illustrations(...)
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"Vitruvius on Architecture" presents not only a new translation of the five books most relevant to contemporary architecture but also new drawings and watercolors that illustrate, certainly for the first time since ancient days, Vitruvius’s methods of proportion and composition. Architect and educator Thomas Gordon Smith re-created these finely detailed illustrations(...)
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"Vitruvius on Architecture" presents not only a new translation of the five books most relevant to contemporary architecture but also new drawings and watercolors that illustrate, certainly for the first time since ancient days, Vitruvius’s methods of proportion and composition. Architect and educator Thomas Gordon Smith re-created these finely detailed illustrations directly from the text, both the clearly written descriptions and examples of temple architecture are cited. Photographs of these buildings and details of their architecture are also included in this volume. The author, in an introduction both scholarly and personal, discusses what is known of Vitruvius himself as well as his influence generations of architects. This new edition of an ancient tome is intended for practical application, as an indispensable reference for classical studies, and as an incontrovertible example of the enduring value of the architecture of antiquity for contemporary education and practice.
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"Vitruvius on Architecture" presents not only a new translation of the five books most relevant to contemporary architecture but also new drawings and watercolors that illustrate, certainly for the first time since ancient days, Vitruvius’s methods of proportion and composition. Architect and educator Thomas Gordon Smith re-created these finely detailed illustrations directly from the text, both the clearly written descriptions and examples of temple architecture are cited. Photographs of these buildings and details of their architecture are also included in this volume. The author, in an introduction both scholarly and personal, discusses what is known of Vitruvius himself as well as his influence generations of architects. This new edition of an ancient tome is intended for practical application, as an indispensable reference for classical studies, and as an incontrovertible example of the enduring value of the architecture of antiquity for contemporary education and practice.
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November 2003, New York
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Translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield.
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The four books on architecture
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Translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield.
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Translated by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield.
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July 1997, Cambridge, Mass.
July 1997, Cambridge, Mass.
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Depuis deux millénaires, pour le moins, de nombreux textes : traités, livres, cours, leçons, manuels, manifestes, articles, ont été écrits sur l'architecture. Ils composent aujourd'hui le corpus de la théorie de l'architecture. L'usage scientifique actuel, qui dévalue toute production âgée de plus de cinq ans, condamne à l'obsolescence la majeure partie de ce corpus,(...)
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Depuis deux millénaires, pour le moins, de nombreux textes : traités, livres, cours, leçons, manuels, manifestes, articles, ont été écrits sur l'architecture. Ils composent aujourd'hui le corpus de la théorie de l'architecture. L'usage scientifique actuel, qui dévalue toute production âgée de plus de cinq ans, condamne à l'obsolescence la majeure partie de ce corpus,(...)
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Traités et autres écrits d'architecture
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Depuis deux millénaires, pour le moins, de nombreux textes : traités, livres, cours, leçons, manuels, manifestes, articles, ont été écrits sur l'architecture. Ils composent aujourd'hui le corpus de la théorie de l'architecture. L'usage scientifique actuel, qui dévalue toute production âgée de plus de cinq ans, condamne à l'obsolescence la majeure partie de ce corpus, promis à terme à ne satisfaire que les besoins de l'instruction ou les attentes de l'érudition. S'opposant à une science qui cultive ainsi l'amnésie, l'ouvrage « Traités et autres écrits d'architecture » a pour motif principal de rendre présent et actuel le corpus de la théorie de l'architecture, en montrant, par les contributions de divers spécialistes en histoire de l'architecture, ce qu'il contient comme ressources de pensée exploitables aujourd'hui en de nombreux champs de la connaissance et de l'action.
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Depuis deux millénaires, pour le moins, de nombreux textes : traités, livres, cours, leçons, manuels, manifestes, articles, ont été écrits sur l'architecture. Ils composent aujourd'hui le corpus de la théorie de l'architecture. L'usage scientifique actuel, qui dévalue toute production âgée de plus de cinq ans, condamne à l'obsolescence la majeure partie de ce corpus, promis à terme à ne satisfaire que les besoins de l'instruction ou les attentes de l'érudition. S'opposant à une science qui cultive ainsi l'amnésie, l'ouvrage « Traités et autres écrits d'architecture » a pour motif principal de rendre présent et actuel le corpus de la théorie de l'architecture, en montrant, par les contributions de divers spécialistes en histoire de l'architecture, ce qu'il contient comme ressources de pensée exploitables aujourd'hui en de nombreux champs de la connaissance et de l'action.
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Ce traité sanskrit d’architecture, rédigé par un auteur inconnu résidant dans l’Inde méridionale, est l’un des textes les plus complets au sujet des bâtiments et des agglomérations de l’Inde classique, notamment en pays tamoul et malayalam. Combinaison de considérations techniques, pratiques et religieuses, le « Mayamata » indique comment choisir le site d’une(...)
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Ce traité sanskrit d’architecture, rédigé par un auteur inconnu résidant dans l’Inde méridionale, est l’un des textes les plus complets au sujet des bâtiments et des agglomérations de l’Inde classique, notamment en pays tamoul et malayalam. Combinaison de considérations techniques, pratiques et religieuses, le « Mayamata » indique comment choisir le site d’une(...)
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Ce traité sanskrit d’architecture, rédigé par un auteur inconnu résidant dans l’Inde méridionale, est l’un des textes les plus complets au sujet des bâtiments et des agglomérations de l’Inde classique, notamment en pays tamoul et malayalam. Combinaison de considérations techniques, pratiques et religieuses, le « Mayamata » indique comment choisir le site d’une construction suivant la classe sociale de ses futurs occupants, quel plan et quelle orientation adopter pour une maison d’habitation, un palais ou un temple garantissant le bien-être de ses résidents, quelles techniques constructives il convient d’utiliser dans chacun de ces cas. Il détaille la cérémonie à réaliser lors de la pose de la première pierre ou lors de la prise de possession du bâtiment, décrit le mobilier, le linga (représentation phallique symbolique de Siva) et la façon de figurer les dieux dans les édifices. La présente édition illustrée, aux allures de carnet d’architecte, reprend des extraits de la traduction du « Mayamata », revue pour l’occasion par Bruno Dagens, avec un appareil de notes allégé et une nouvelle introduction resituant ce traité des points de vue historique, géographie, mais aussi par rapport à l’ensemble de la tradition indienne classique d’écrits sur l’architecture et l’art d’habiter.
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Ce traité sanskrit d’architecture, rédigé par un auteur inconnu résidant dans l’Inde méridionale, est l’un des textes les plus complets au sujet des bâtiments et des agglomérations de l’Inde classique, notamment en pays tamoul et malayalam. Combinaison de considérations techniques, pratiques et religieuses, le « Mayamata » indique comment choisir le site d’une construction suivant la classe sociale de ses futurs occupants, quel plan et quelle orientation adopter pour une maison d’habitation, un palais ou un temple garantissant le bien-être de ses résidents, quelles techniques constructives il convient d’utiliser dans chacun de ces cas. Il détaille la cérémonie à réaliser lors de la pose de la première pierre ou lors de la prise de possession du bâtiment, décrit le mobilier, le linga (représentation phallique symbolique de Siva) et la façon de figurer les dieux dans les édifices. La présente édition illustrée, aux allures de carnet d’architecte, reprend des extraits de la traduction du « Mayamata », revue pour l’occasion par Bruno Dagens, avec un appareil de notes allégé et une nouvelle introduction resituant ce traité des points de vue historique, géographie, mais aussi par rapport à l’ensemble de la tradition indienne classique d’écrits sur l’architecture et l’art d’habiter.
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226 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023], ©2023
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God's own language : architectural drawing in the twelfth century / Karl Kinsella.
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In Milano : Per P.G. Pontio, stampatore regio, a instantia di P. Tini, 1585.
In Milano : Per P.G. Pontio, stampatore regio, a instantia di P. Tini, 1585.
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Trattato dell'arte della pittvra, scoltvra, et architettvra / di Gio. Paolo Lomazzo ... diuiso in sette libri. Ne' qvali si discorre de la proportione, de' moti. de' colori. de' lumi. de la prospettiua. de la prattica de la pittura. et finalmente de le istorie d'essa pittura ...
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Trattato dell'arte della pittvra, scoltvra, et architettvra / di Gio. Paolo Lomazzo ... diuiso in sette libri. Ne' qvali si discorre de la proportione, de' moti. de' colori. de' lumi. de la prospettiua. de la prattica de la pittura. et finalmente de le istorie d'essa pittura ...
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In Milano : Per P.G. Pontio, stampatore regio, a instantia di P. Tini, 1585.
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[8], 66 [i.e. 64], 255, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 31 cm. (fol.)
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Lincii Austriæ : Sumptibus Godofredi Tampachii bibl. Francof. : Excudebat Ioannes Planchus, M.DC.XIX. [1619]
Lincii Austriæ : Sumptibus Godofredi Tampachii bibl. Francof. : Excudebat Ioannes Planchus, M.DC.XIX. [1619]
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Ioannis Keppleri Harmonices mundi libri V. : Quorum primus Geometricus, de figurarum regularium, quæ proportiones harmonicas constituunt, ortu & demonstrationibus. Secundus Architectonicus, seu ex geometria figurata, de figurarum regularium congruentia in plano vel solido: tertius proriè Harmonicus, de proportionum harmonicarum ortu ex figuris; deque naturâ & differentiis rerum ad cantum pertinentium, contra veteres: quartus Metaphysicus, psychologicus & astrologicus, de harmoniarum mentali essentiâ earumque generibus in mundo; præsertim de Harmonia radiorum, ex corporibus cœlestibus in terram descendentibus, eiusque effectu in natura seu anima sublunari & humana: quintus Astronomicus & metaphysicus, de harmoniis absolutissimis motuum cœlestium, ortuque eccentricitatum ex proportionibus harmonicis. Appendix habet comparationem huius operis cum harmonices Cl. Ptolemæi libro III. cumque Roberti de Fluctibus, dicti Flud. Medici Oxoniiensis speculationibus harmonicis, operi de macrocosmo & microcosmo insertis.
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Ioannis Keppleri Harmonices mundi libri V. : Quorum primus Geometricus, de figurarum regularium, quæ proportiones harmonicas constituunt, ortu & demonstrationibus. Secundus Architectonicus, seu ex geometria figurata, de figurarum regularium congruentia in plano vel solido: tertius proriè Harmonicus, de proportionum harmonicarum ortu ex figuris; deque naturâ & differentiis rerum ad cantum pertinentium, contra veteres: quartus Metaphysicus, psychologicus & astrologicus, de harmoniarum mentali essentiâ earumque generibus in mundo; præsertim de Harmonia radiorum, ex corporibus cœlestibus in terram descendentibus, eiusque effectu in natura seu anima sublunari & humana: quintus Astronomicus & metaphysicus, de harmoniis absolutissimis motuum cœlestium, ortuque eccentricitatum ex proportionibus harmonicis. Appendix habet comparationem huius operis cum harmonices Cl. Ptolemæi libro III. cumque Roberti de Fluctibus, dicti Flud. Medici Oxoniiensis speculationibus harmonicis, operi de macrocosmo & microcosmo insertis.
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Lincii Austriæ : Sumptibus Godofredi Tampachii bibl. Francof. : Excudebat Ioannes Planchus, M.DC.XIX. [1619]
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [1992], ©1992
New Haven : Yale University Press, [1992], ©1992
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Medieval illuminators and their methods of work / Jonathan J.G. Alexander.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022], ©2022
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Rules : a short history of what we live by / Lorraine Daston.
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