Vitruvius: the ten books on architecture

Vitruvius The ten books on architecture

Vitruvius Pollio

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Subjects
Architecture > Early works to 1800.
Published
New York : Dover Publications [1960]
Language
English
Latin
Main Author
Vitruvius Pollio (-)
Other Authors
M. H. (Morris Hicky) Morgan, 1859-1910 (translator)
Item Description
" ... an unabridged and unaltered republication of the first edition of the English translation by Morris Hicky Morgan, originally published ... in 1914"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
331 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780486206455
  • Book 1. The education of the architect
  • Fundamental principles of architecture
  • Departments of architecture
  • The site of a city
  • The city walls
  • Directions of the streets; with remarks on the winds
  • Sites for public buildings
  • Book 2. The origin of the dwelling house
  • On the primordial substance according to the physicists
  • Brick
  • Sand
  • Lime
  • Pozzolana
  • Stone
  • Methods of building walls
  • Timber
  • Highland and lowland fir
  • Book 3. On symmetry: in temples and in the human body
  • Classification of temples
  • The proportions of intercolumniations and of columns
  • Foundations and substructures of temples
  • Proportions of the base, capitals, and entablature in the Ionic order
  • Book 4. Origins of the three orders, and the proportions of the Corinthian capital
  • The ornaments of the orders
  • Proportions of Doric temples
  • The cella and pronaos
  • How the temple should face
  • Doorways of temples
  • Tuscan temples
  • Circular temples and other varieties
  • Altars
  • Book 5. The forum and basilica
  • The treasury, prison, and senate house
  • The theatre: its site, foundations, and acoustics
  • Harmonics
  • Sounding vessels in the theatre
  • Plan of the theatre
  • Greek theatres
  • Acoustics of the site of a theatre
  • Colonnades and walks
  • Baths
  • The Palaestra
  • Harbours, breakwaters, and shipyards.
  • Book 6. On climate as determining the style of the house
  • Symmetry, and modifications in it to suit the site
  • Proportions of the principal rooms
  • Proper exposures of the different rooms
  • How the rooms should be suited to the status of the owner
  • The farmhouse
  • The Greek house
  • On foundations and substructures
  • Book 7. Floors
  • Slaking of lime for stucco
  • Vaultings and stucco work
  • On stucco work in damp places, and on the decoration of dining rooms
  • The decadence of fresco painting
  • Marble for use in stucco
  • Natural colours
  • Cinnabar and quicksilver
  • Artificial colours. Black
  • Blue. Burnt ochre
  • White lead, verdigris, and artificial sandarach
  • Purple
  • Substitutes for purple, yellow ochre, malachite green, and indigo
  • Book 8. How to find water
  • Rainwater
  • Various properties of different waters
  • Tests of good water
  • Levelling and levelling instruments
  • Aqueducts, wells, and cisterns
  • Book 9. The zodiac and the planets
  • The phases of the moon
  • The course of the sun through the twelve signs
  • The northern constellations
  • The southern constellations
  • Astrology and weather prognostics
  • The analemma and its applications
  • Sundials and water clocks
  • Book 10. Machines and implements
  • Hoisting machines
  • Elements of motion
  • Engines for raising water
  • Water wheels and water mills
  • The water screw
  • The pump of Ctesibius
  • The water organ
  • The hodometer
  • Catapults or scorpiones
  • Ballistae
  • The stringing and tuning of catapults
  • Siege machines
  • The tortoise
  • Hegetor's tortoise
  • Measures of defence
  • Note on scamilli impares.

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