Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture.

Vitruv - Ingrid D. Rowland m Thomas Noble Howe

Published by Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999

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4°, 333 S., zahlr. Abb., OLwd. m. OU., OU m. kleiner hinterlegter Einriss, etwas wellig. Buch tadell. Text engl. For the first time in more than half a century, Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture is being published in English. The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the Architecture libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped architecture and the image of the architect from the Renaissance to the present. Demonstrating the range of Vitruvius' style, this new edition includes examples from archaeological sites discovered since World War II and not previously published in English language translations. Rowland's new translation and Howe's critical commentary and illustrations provide a new image of Vitruvius, who emerges as an inventive and creative thinker, rather than the normative summarizer, as he was characterized in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Ingrid D. Rowland is an associate professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. Thomas Noble Howe is a professor in the Department of Art at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. 2100 gr. Schlagworte: Architektur - ArchitektInnen. Seller Inventory # 95260

Bibliographic Details

Title: Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture.

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included