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1. The Ten Books On Architecture (1914) by Vitruvius | |
Hardcover: 368
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(2010-05-23)
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Not what I expected!
A Classic
interesting perspective
hard to follow
This is a good book, but Granger's translation is better. |
2. Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius | |
Paperback: 333
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(2001-01-15)
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vitruvius' classics
Too many liberties taken with the intent of the text However, the translators appear to have taken a few liberties with the text.First, since Vitruvius is a historical work as well as a canon of Classicism, an honest modern-day translation must relate not only to its period, but also to subsequent periods in order to be understood in terms of the nearer to present and Vitruvius' own time.The translators' choice of ridding the text of the translation "the Orders" for Vitruvius' original choice of "genus" is bad enough, but when you observe that this translation has been rendered as "type" instead, it has the potential of blending in with unintended references in the text to type as well as being confused with common modern/Modernist discursions into what type is.The translators should have indicated their theories about what they thought would be a correct interpretation of the Roman word "genus" at the beginning of their notes, not by making a deliberate decision to diverge from the customary content of the text. Second, this translation appears to fail to take into account some aspects of military culture which have influenced the text.Vitruvius was a military man and although he adopted the linguistic style of Cicero in some respects (who has been accused of using two words in the place of one or even none), sometimes a distinction he makes, albeit slight, is worth noting, especially in the context of his role in the Roman military and in the context of subtle gradations of meaning being just as notable as subtle gradations in style and form. Third, and most telling, the translators and editors have missed an opportunity to note something very useful in Vitruvius, and that is that although he understood the what of the Orders, he may not have understood the why of the Orders.In some cases, he goes to great lengths to wave hands over certain aspects of the Orders, even devolving into a Ciceronian overuse of words and dense prose, in order to pull a Wizard of Oz-like "pay no attention to the unknowns behind this concept".The translators note the fuzziness, but they don't begin to question the nature of it and as a result, they may inadvertently paint Vitruvius in a little bit better light than he may actually deserve. Otherwise, it is a well-rendered translation, although for serious readers and researchers it should be balanced with at least one other translation, such as Morgan's translation.
Penn State Student Critique |
3. The Architecture Reader: Essential Writings from Vitruvius to the Present | |
Paperback: 304
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(2007-05-23)
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A must have for architecture buffs
A very strongly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library Architectural Studies reference collections |
4. Vitruvius Britannicus: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century British Architecture (Dover Books on Architecture) by Colen Campbell | |
Paperback: 288
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(2006-12-29)
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A Great Replica
An epoch-making book finally reprinted
A must for architecture buffs |
5. Vitruvius. The Ten Books on Architecture: Translated by Morris Hicky Morgan by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio | |
Paperback: 372
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(2005-11-30)
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6. The American Vitruvius: An Architects' Handbook of Urban Design by Werner Hegemann, Elbert Peets | |
Paperback: 320
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(2010-08-19)
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7. Vitruvius, the Ten Books On Architecture by Morris Hicky Morgan, Vitruvius Pollio, Herbert Langford Warren | |
Paperback: 368
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(2010-02-26)
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8. Vitruvius the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius | |
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9. Vitruvii De Architectura, Book 10 (1899) (Latin Edition) by Vitruvius | |
Hardcover: 362
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(2009-08-27)
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10. Vitruvius Britannicus: Second Series by J. Badeslade, J. Rocque, John Woolfe, James Gandon | |
Paperback: 304
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(2009-02-19)
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Good Reprint |
11. The American Vitruvius: An Architects' Handbook of Civic Art by Werner Hegemann, Elbert Peets | |
Paperback: 308
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(2008-11-24)
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Finally available
The Art of Designing Cities |
12. Vitruvius on Architecture by Thomas Gordon Smith | |
Paperback: 288
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(2004-01-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description "Viturvius on Architecture" presents not only a new translation of the five books most relevant to contemporary architecture but also new drawings and watercolors that illustrate, for the first time since ancient days, Vitruvis's methods of proportion and composition. Architect and educator Thomas Gordon Smith re-created these finely detailed illustrations directly from the text. Also included are many photographs of historic architecture from Greece, Italy, Turkey, and throughout the Mediterranean region. This new edition of an ancient tome is intended for practical application, as an indispensable reference for classical studies, and as an incontrovertible example of the enduring value of the architecture of antiquity for contemporary education and practice. Customer Reviews (1)
Architectural Design |
13. Vitruvius: On Architecture, Volume II, Books 6-10 (Loeb Classical Library No. 280) by Vitruvius | |
Hardcover: 448
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(1934-01-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Vitruvius (Marcus V. Pollio), Roman architect and engineer, studied Greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of professional work. He was one of those appointed to be overseers of imperial artillery or military engines, and was architect of at least one unit of buildings for Augustus in the reconstruction of Rome. Late in life and in ill health he completed, sometime before 27 BCE, De Architectura which, after its rediscovery in the fifteenth century, was influential enough to be studied by architects from the early Renaissance to recent times. In On Architecture Vitruvius adds to the tradition of Greek theory and practice the results of his own experience. The contents of this treatise in ten books are as follows. Book 1: Requirements for an architect; town planning; design, cities, aspects; temples. 2: Materials and their treatment. Greek systems. 3: Styles. Forms of Greek temples. Ionic. 4: Styles. Corinthian, Ionic, Doric; Tuscan; altars. 5: Other public buildings (fora, basilicae, theatres, colonnades, baths, harbours). 6: Sites and planning, especially of houses. 7: Construction of pavements, roads, mosaic floors, vaults. Decoration (stucco, wall painting, colours). 8: Hydraulic engineering; water supply; aqueducts. 9: Astronomy. Greek and Roman discoveries; signs of the zodiac, planets, moon phases, constellations, astrology, gnomon, sundials. 10: Machines for war and other purposes. Customer Reviews (2)
The Foundation of Architecture in The West
The latest translation of Vitruvius |
14. Vitruvius: On Architecture, Volume I, Books 1-5 (Loeb Classical Library No. 251) by Vitruvius | |
Hardcover: 368
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(1931-01-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Vitruvius (Marcus V. Pollio), Roman architect and engineer, studied Greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of professional work. He was one of those appointed to be overseers of imperial artillery or military engines, and was architect of at least one unit of buildings for Augustus in the reconstruction of Rome. Late in life and in ill health he completed, sometime before 27 BCE, De Architectura which, after its rediscovery in the fifteenth century, was influential enough to be studied by architects from the early Renaissance to recent times. In On Architecture Vitruvius adds to the tradition of Greek theory and practice the results of his own experience. The contents of this treatise in ten books are as follows. Book 1: Requirements for an architect; town planning; design, cities, aspects; temples. 2: Materials and their treatment. Greek systems. 3: Styles. Forms of Greek temples. Ionic. 4: Styles. Corinthian, Ionic, Doric; Tuscan; altars. 5: Other public buildings (fora, basilicae, theatres, colonnades, baths, harbours). 6: Sites and planning, especially of houses. 7: Construction of pavements, roads, mosaic floors, vaults. Decoration (stucco, wall painting, colours). 8: Hydraulic engineering; water supply; aqueducts. 9: Astronomy. Greek and Roman discoveries; signs of the zodiac, planets, moon phases, constellations, astrology, gnomon, sundials. 10: Machines for war and other purposes. Customer Reviews (2)
Vitruvius: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The latest and best translation of Vitruvius. |
15. Dell' Architettura Di M. Vitruvio Pollione, Volume 1 (Italian Edition) by Vitruvius Pollio | |
Paperback: 354
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(2010-02-10)
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16. Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture by Indra Kagis McEwen | |
Hardcover: 512
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(2002-10-04)
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Guaranteed to bore the heck... |
17. The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi by George Hersey | |
Paperback: 216
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(1988-02-10)
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Editorial Review Product Description Why do architects still use the classical orders? Why use forms derivedfrom ancient Greek temples when ancient Greek religion has been dead forcenturies and when the way of life they expressed is extinct? Any whydecorate a contemporary courthouse with the bones, eggs, darts, claws,and garlands that an ancient Greek would recognize as the trappings ofanimal sacrifice? With these provocative questions George Hersey begins his recovery ofthe meaning of classical architecture. For the last four centuries, heshows, philology and formalism have drained architecture of its poetry.By analyzing this poetry--the tropes founded on the Greek terms forornamental detail--he reconstructs a classical theory about the originand meaning of the orders, one that links them to ancient sacrificialritual and myth. In doing so, Hersey reinterprets key tales and taboos that were part ofthe cultural memory of the ancient Greeks. His touchstone is Vitruvius,author of the only surviving classical treatise on architecture, whosestories about Dorus, Ion, and the Corithian maiden, and about theCaryaean women and Persian soldiers, describe the orders as records orremembrances of sacrifice. Hersey finds revivals of this consciousness in the Italian Renaissanceand throws new light on the works of the architectural theoristsFrancesco di Giorgio and Ceasare Cesariano, and also on Raphael'sDisputá, Michelangelo's tomb of Julius II and MediciChapel, and Hugues Sambin's handbook of termini. Customer Reviews (4)
blood sport
Hersey at his best!
A wonderful, provocative book
Extroadinary |
18. Fundamentals of Vacuum Tubes by Austin Vitruvius Eastman | |
Hardcover: 583
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(1941)
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Great book on Vacuum tubes
Vacuum Tube Reference Book |
19. An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius by Vitruvius Pollio | |
Paperback: 68
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(2010-03-07)
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20. Vitruvius and the Greek Stage by Edward Capps | |
Paperback: 36
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(2010-05-25)
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