An Abridgment Of The Architecture Of Vitruvius
Containing A System Of The Whole Works Of That Author. To Which Is Added In This Edition The Etymology And Derivation Of The Terms Used In Architecture.First Done In French By Monsr Perrault, Of The Academy Of Paris, And Now Englished, With Additions.
Published on 30. September 2020
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978-93-89679-62-5 (ISBN)
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An Abridgment Of The Architecture Of Vitruvius: Containing A System Of The Whole Works Of That Author. To Which Is Added In This Edition The Etymology And Derivation Of The Terms Used In Architecture.First Done In French By Monsr Perrault, Of The Academy Of Paris, And Now Englished, With Additions.
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 90 - c. 20 BCE), better known simply as Vitruvius, was a Roman military engineer and architect who wrote De Architectura (On Architecture), a treatise which combines the history of ancient architecture and engineering with the author's personal experience and advice on the subject.
He served as a military engineer and architect for Julius Caesar between 58 and 51 BCE and he personally visited Greece, Asia, North Africa, and Gaul. He was considered an expert on ballistics and he also built a basilica at Fanum Fortunae (modern Fano in Umbria, Italy) in c. 27 BCE. In De Architectura , written 30-20 BCE, Vitruvius gives a very personal account of ancient and contemporary architecture which draws on his own experience and on older works, especially by Greek writers such as Hermogenes of Alabanda, who wrote in the 2nd century BCE.
He served as a military engineer and architect for Julius Caesar between 58 and 51 BCE and he personally visited Greece, Asia, North Africa, and Gaul. He was considered an expert on ballistics and he also built a basilica at Fanum Fortunae (modern Fano in Umbria, Italy) in c. 27 BCE. In De Architectura , written 30-20 BCE, Vitruvius gives a very personal account of ancient and contemporary architecture which draws on his own experience and on older works, especially by Greek writers such as Hermogenes of Alabanda, who wrote in the 2nd century BCE.