About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780486206455ISBN:0486206459
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780486206455ISBN:0486206459
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publications, NY
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780486206455ISBN:0486206459
Description: Used-Very Good. VG paperback. Translated by Morris Hickey Morgan; first published in 1914. Bookplate on front cover verso; pages clean; spine a little faded; laminate film lifting on back cover. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
ISBN-13:9780486206455ISBN:0486206459
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0-486-20645-9. 331 pp. 68 illus. Undated, circa 1980's. Edgewear. Corners rubbed. Some highlighter in first section of book. A reprint of the 1914 original. The oldest work on architecture, describes the principles of symmetry, harmony and proportion for architecture, as well as covering the design of treasury, prison, senate, baths, forum, temples, thetre and private houses.; 8vo 8"-9" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Echo Library
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781406875126ISBN:1406875120
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780559104015ISBN:0559104014
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Edition: LARGE PRINT ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TUTIS DIGITAL PUBLISHING Country = INDIA
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9788189552770ISBN:8189552775
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 580 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) edition large print ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780559103940ISBN:0559103948
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780559104053ISBN:0559104057
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780559103902ISBN:0559103905
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781104921941ISBN:1104921944
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.25 by 7 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00368 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780559104053ISBN:0559104057
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9.21 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00412 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Indypublish. com
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781428080645ISBN:1428080643
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780559103902ISBN:0559103905
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 10 by 7 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00412 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
"One of my students recommended Vitruvius to me 22 years ago. I have kept it by my side ever since. Ancient man is as astute and brilliant as any living today. A must read for anyone traveling to Italy, Greece, anywhere touched by the Roman empire. "....no work can be done without honesty...." and his description of the meaning of significance and that which gives it is grounding for anyone on a journey of making."
"I frequently re-read this book. I have the major theoretical core concept tattooed on my body - I guess that is a really convincing argument to the value of this book. It is the earliest extant work of architectural theory. Written in ancient Rome by Vitruvius it is the most relevant, important and basic theory text that every architect and student of architecture should read!!"
"Tidbits: this book is brimming with them. Boring to read unless hunting for obscure facts for your Science in the Ancient world course, the book does tend to surprise you with its passim smattering of cultural tidbits. The text is a prime example of the ancients' habit of intermingling religious mythology with all that they did, even if only perfunctorily. An example: while outlining the three 'orders' of temple columns, we read that the origin of each order (Ionic, Doric, Corinthian) is amalgamated with some traditional tale in which a descendant of a divinity almost always plays a part. Elsewhere we read the concise description that served as the source for Michelangelo's Vitruvian man, which was of incidental interest to me as I came across it. You see, tidbits."
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