Vitruvius : ten books on architecture / translated by Ingrid D. Rowland ; commentary and illustratio...
Vitruvius : ten books on architecture / translated by Ingrid D. Rowland ; commentary and illustratio...
Vitruvius : ten books on architecture / translated by Ingrid D. Rowland ; commentary and illustrations by Thomas Noble Howe ; with additional material by Ingrid D. Rowland and Michael J. Dewar.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Uniform title
Date
1999.
Call Numbers
NQ720/42
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MMS ID
Language
English
Latin
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 333 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents
Bk. 1. First Principles and the Layout of Cities -- Bk. 2. Building Materials -- Bk. 3. Temples -- Bk. 4. Corinthian, Doric, and Tuscan Temples -- Bk. 5. Public Buildings -- Bk. 6. Private Buildings -- Bk. 7. Finishing -- Bk. 8. Water -- Bk. 9. Sundials and Clocks -- Bk. 10. Machines.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Edition
New ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, De Architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped humanist architecture and the image of the architect from the Renaissance to the present. Extremely i...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Vitruvius : ten books on architecture / translated by Ingrid D. Rowland ; commentary and illustrations by Thomas Noble Howe ; with additional material by Ingrid D. Rowland and Michael J. Dewar.
Portion of title
Ten books of architecture.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
Translation from the Latin.
Contextual Information
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Call Numbers
NQ720/42
Record Identifier
74VvWR7Al8WX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvWR7Al8WX
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ISBN
0521002923 (pbk.)
9780521553643 (hardback)
0521553644 (hardback)
9780521002929 (pbk.)
DDC
720
MMS ID
991011939829702626
