Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'

Author:   Vitruvius ,  Ingrid D. Rowland (Southwestern University, Texas ) ,  Thomas Noble Howe
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9780511840951


Publication Date:   18 December 2014
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The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the 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. This new, critical edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture is the first to be published for an English-language audience in more than half a century. Expressing the range of Vitruvius' style, the translation, along with the critical commentary and illustrations, aims to shape a new image of the Vitruvius who emerges as an inventive and creative thinker, rather than the normative summarizer, as he was characterized in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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Author:   Vitruvius ,  Ingrid D. Rowland (Southwestern University, Texas ) ,  Thomas Noble Howe
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511840951


ISBN 10:   0511840950
Publication Date:   18 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Undefined
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I. Translator's Preface: List of manuscripts and printed editions; Illustrator's preface; Part II: The Translation: Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Book 6; Book 7; Book 8; Book 9; Book 10; Part III. Commentary and Illustrations.

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This book makes the Renaissance enthusiasm for Vitruvius understandable again, and it is an indispensable starting point for future work on him. Garry Wills, Preservation


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