Project Gutenberg 2016-04-20 Public domain in the USA. 278 Vitruvius Pollio Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Cetius Faventinus, Marcus Faventinus, Marcus Cetius Rose, Valentin 1829 1916 Rose, Valentinus Vitruvii De architectura libri decem "M. Ceti Faventini Liber artis architectonicae": p. 283-304 Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Ted Garvin, abi278, Stephen Rowland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Vitruvii De architectura libri decem" by Vitruvius Pollio is a comprehensive treatise on architecture written in the late 1st century BC. This work serves as one of the earliest and most influential texts on architecture, reflecting the author's insights on buildings, town planning, and engineering principles. The book encompasses a wide range of topics, from the aesthetic and functional aspects of architecture to the relationship between art and science. The opening of the treatise begins with Vitruvius addressing Emperor Caesar, emphasizing the importance of architecture in relation to the grandeur of the Roman Empire. He expresses his initial hesitation to publish his writings due to the distractions of governance and the weight of the emperor's responsibilities. However, acknowledging Caesar's keen interest in public architecture and urban development, he resolves to share his knowledge on the subject, framing architecture as vital to the prosperity and majesty of the empire. This introduction sets the stage for a detailed exploration of architectural principles that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) la Architecture -- Early works to 1800 NA PA Text Browsing: Architecture 2046534 2046516 2024-10-21T14:12:18.944312 2023-09-22T10:59:18.843697 text/html text/html 2034445 2016-04-19T19:09:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 1117487 2016-04-19T19:09:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1215292 2024-10-21T14:13:03.052143 application/epub+zip 1242906 2024-10-21T14:12:24.931332 application/epub+zip 641067 2024-10-21T14:12:21.789406 application/epub+zip 1973077 2024-10-21T14:13:25.144109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1851748 2024-10-21T14:12:59.072204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1263268 2022-09-23T15:30:57.353122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1371142 1371026 2024-10-21T14:12:07.319374 2023-09-22T10:59:08.084699 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1371234 2016-04-19T19:09:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 501561 2016-04-19T19:09:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19860 2024-10-21T14:13:25.409026 application/rdf+xml 8149 2024-10-21T14:12:22.299302 image/jpeg 1743 2024-10-21T14:12:22.047311 image/jpeg 1118205 2024-10-21T14:12:19.114381 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia