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Vitruvius Pollio (active second half of 1st century
bc). Roman architect, the author of a treatise,
De architectura, which is the only work of its kind to have survived from antiquity. It was well known in manuscript throughout the Middle Ages and the first printed edition appeared in Rome in 1486. Since then it has been much edited and translated and for centuries was regarded as the authoritative voice on
classical architecture. It is still a major source for the history of ancient art, for it contains much incidental information about Greek and Roman painting and sculpture as well as about architecture.
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The significance of Vitruvius' Ten Books.(Book Reviews)
Magazine article from: Architectural Science Review; 3/1/2004; 700+ words
; 4362 Vitruvius--Writing the Body of Architecture...ill., index. Price: $US 39.95. Vitruvius' Ten Books is the only substantial contemporary...is still the oldest complete copy of Vitruvius extant. The veneration with which Vitruvius...
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McEwen, Indra Kagis. Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; MCEWEN, Indra Kagis. Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture...extensively documented meditation addresses Vitruvius' intention in producing the first...the whole body of architecture," Vitruvius is producing the counterpart to Augustus...
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VITRUVIUS 'TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE': a New English Translation with Commentary and Illustrations.(Brief Article)(Review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...worse, architects owe their existence to Vitruvius. His De Architectura, arranged in ten...to perform their role in society. Yet Vitruvius has achieved such influence, not because...conceived and built. Like the Bible, Vitruvius's treatise has been translated into...
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Musical acoustics in the age of Vitruvius
Magazine article from: Musical Times; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...written in the first century by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio summarise the precepts of town...accommodations in ancient Greece and Rome. Vitruvius inspired the classical revival in European...enhancement of poetic meaning. The bulk of Vitruvius's remarks on acoustics relate to public...
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Tender Is The Superyacht.(Currents: News And Notes From Around The Yachting World)(Vitruvius, yacht)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Yachting; 2/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...But do not be deceived--at 180 feet Vitruvius is definitely a player. It's just...Master of the Universe" feeling. Yet Vitruvius also is very much a superyacht, with...below 400 tons, and a low profile, Vitruvius is an aerodynamic and hydrodynamic phenomenon...
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Letter:Vitruvius on the National Theatre
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/21/1994; ; 368 words
; ...it can clearly be seen the beauty of the composition of the building. There is an axiom in architecture that goes back to Vitruvius, at least, which says that beauty and fitness of a building can be found when nothing can be taken away from the whole except...
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A History of Architectural Theory From Vitruvius to the Present.
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...is unique: some 450 pages of text, 150 of notes, and 70 of classified biography, plus 200 illustrations, take us from Vitruvius to Venturi, tracing the route by which, say, the odd speculations of Juan Bautista Villalpando (Kruft's upward reassessment...
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Architectural Theory, v.1: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 476 words
; 1405102586 Architectural theory; v.1: An anthology from Vitruvius to 1870. Ed. by Harry Francis Mallgrave. Blackwell Publishing 2006 590 pages $49.95 Paperback NA2500 Mallgrave (history...
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The architecture reader; essential writings from Vitruvius to the present.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 514 words
; 9780807615799 The architecture reader; essential writings from Vitruvius to the present. Ed. by A. Krista Sykes. George Braziller, Inc. 2007 333 pages $35.00 Hardcover NA2560 Sykes presents an...
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Mental constructs.(Modern Architecture and Other Essays)(Architectural Theory: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870, vol. 1)(Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673-1968)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Princeton University Press, 2003; 416 pages, $60 cloth, $29.95 paper. Architectural Theory, Volume 1: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870, edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave, Malden, Mass., Blackwell Publishers, 2005; 590 pages, $49.95. Modern...
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Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus ( fl. later C1 bc...had plates by Palladio . Since C15, Vitruvius' text has been published in many forms...reputation for dullness and obfuscation. Vitruvius' work, on the contrary, is a mine...
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Vitruvius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio) , fl. late 1st cent. BC and early 1st cent. AD, Roman...aspects of Roman architecture, engineering, and city planning. Vitruvius also included a section on human proportions. Because it is the...
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Vitruvius Pollio
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Vitruvius Pollio (active second half of 1st century bc ). Roman architect, the author of a treatise, De architectura , which is the only...
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Morrison, William Vitruvius
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Morrison, William Vitruvius (1794–1838). Irish architect, son and collaborator of Richard Morrison . His work was more Neo-Classical than...
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Ctesibius (Ktesibios)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...wrote a book about his inventions, and Vitruvius, who possessed it, tells us that he...in Alexandria until about 288 B. C. Vitruvius praises Ctesibius theoretical introduction...Centaurus , 2 (1951), 1 – 10. Vitruvius, De architectura , bk. 10 ch. 7...
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