The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... Vitruvius's mention of a ratio of symmetria to which architects should adhere diligentissime ( passage 1 [ Vitruvius 3.1.1 ] ) is remarkably similar in language to Pliny's comment on Lysippus , and since this passage occurs in the ...
... Vitruvius's mention of a ratio of symmetria to which architects should adhere diligentissime ( passage 1 [ Vitruvius 3.1.1 ] ) is remarkably similar in language to Pliny's comment on Lysippus , and since this passage occurs in the ...
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... Vitruvius who brought to architecture its special language . Although available in various Latin translations from 1485 , and in French , German , and Spanish from 1521 , Vitruvius was not available in English until John Shute's The ...
... Vitruvius who brought to architecture its special language . Although available in various Latin translations from 1485 , and in French , German , and Spanish from 1521 , Vitruvius was not available in English until John Shute's The ...
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... Vitruvius used the term expression in his Ten Books to advise that the size of columns in the higher tiers around forums be diminished to match the reducing building loads in imitation of the way natural growth reflects how forces ...
... Vitruvius used the term expression in his Ten Books to advise that the size of columns in the higher tiers around forums be diminished to match the reducing building loads in imitation of the way natural growth reflects how forces ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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