The Ten Books on Architecture, Paperback/Vitruvius Pollio

Autor

Vitruvius Pollio

Editura

Empire Books

An publicare

2011

Nr. Pagini

336

ISBN

9781619491328

Categorii

Fiction & Related Items Fiction: General & Literary Straine

Descriere

In his treatise on Roman architecture, Vitruvius Pollio declares that the qualities of a good building are "firmness, commodity, and delight." "The Ten Books on Architecture" outlines building methods for everything from aqueducts and temples, to decorative plasterwork. Written in the first century BC, and dedicated to emperor Caesar Augustus, it is the only complete document of its kind.