On Architecture
| AUTHOR | Schofield, Richard; Vitruvius; Tavernor, Robert et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Classics (12/29/2009) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
In De architectura (c.40 BC), Vitruvius discusses in ten encyclopedic chapters aspects of Roman architecture, engineering and city planning. Vitruvius also included a section on human proportions. Because it is the only antique treatise on architecture to have survived, De architectura has been an invaluable source of information for scholars. The rediscovery of Vitruvius during the Renaissance greatly fuelled the revival of classicism during that and subsequent periods. Numerous architectural treatises were based in part or inspired by Vitruvius, beginning with Leon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria (1485). For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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ISBN-13:
9780141441689
ISBN-10:
0141441682
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
464
Carton Quantity:
36
Product Dimensions:
5.00 x 0.90 x 7.60 inches
Weight:
0.75 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product - Canadian,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Bilingual,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Architecture | History - Ancient & Classical
Architecture | Civil - General
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
720
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In De architectura (c.40 BC), Vitruvius discusses in ten encyclopedic chapters aspects of Roman architecture, engineering and city planning. Vitruvius also included a section on human proportions. Because it is the only antique treatise on architecture to have survived, De architectura has been an invaluable source of information for scholars. The rediscovery of Vitruvius during the Renaissance greatly fuelled the revival of classicism during that and subsequent periods. Numerous architectural treatises were based in part or inspired by Vitruvius, beginning with Leon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria (1485). For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Introduction by:
Tavernor, Robert
Robert Tavernor is Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Bath and a practicing architect. His previous books include a translation (with Joseph Rykwert and Neil Leach) of Alberti's "On the Art of Building in Ten Books"; and "Palladio and Palladianism".
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Translator:
Schofield, Richard
Richard Schofield is Professor of Architectural History at the Instituto universitario di architettura at Venice (IUAV). He is coauthor of books on Giovanni Antonio Amadeo and Pellegrino Pellegrini.
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