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De architectura (On architecture, published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building projects.
Mar 2, 2007 · A digital version of the classic treatise on architecture by Vitruvius Pollio, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan. Published in 1914 by Harvard University Press, it is available for free download and streaming.
Vitruvius Pollio. On Architecture. F. Krohn. Lipsiae. B.G. Teubner. 1912. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education provided support for entering this text. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License . An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional ...
Apr 22, 2015 · Marcus Vitruvius was a 1st century BCE architect who wrote a famous and influential book on architecture called 'De Architectura'. This work, which is a history of architecture and engineering, became even more influential during the Renaissance.
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Learn about the only surviving ancient architectural treatise by the Roman engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. Explore the history, sources, and influence of his work on architecture and design.
Jan 15, 2001 · 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...
1. WHILE your divine intelligence and will, Imperator Caesar, were engaged in acquiring the right to command the world, and while your fellow citizens, when all their enemies had been laid low by your invincible valour, were glorying in your triumph and victory,—while all foreign nations were in subjection awaiting your beck and call, and the ...
