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Vitruvius: 10 Books On Architecture
trans. by Joseph Gwilt (HTML at Chicago)
Index of Books
I
Dedication[pic]to[pic]the[pic]Emperor;[pic]branches[pic]of[pic]knowledge[pic]that[pic]an[pic]architect[pic]must[pic]be[pic]
acquainted[pic]with;[pic]the[pic]factors[pic]involved[pic]in[pic]sitingatown[pic]and[pic]designing[pic]its[pic]walls,[pic]
including[pic]a[pic]rather[pic]odd[pic]extended[pic]explanation[pic]of[pic]the[pic]various[pic]winds.[pic][pic]
II
A[pic]story[pic]about[pic]Dinocrates,[pic]architect[pic]to[pic]Alexander[pic]the[pic]Great,[pic]serves[pic]as[pic]prologue.[pic]
Second[pic]prologue,[pic]on[pic]the[pic]origins[pic]of[pic]architecture;[pic]but[pic]most[pic]of[pic]the[pic]book[pic]is[pic]about[pic]
materials:[pic]bricks,[pic]sand,[pic]lime,[pic]pozzolan[pic]concrete;[pic]kinds[pic]of[pic]stone[pic]and[pic]types[pic]of[pic]
stone[pic]masonry;[pic]timber.[pic][pic]
III
Some[pic]comments[pic]on[pic]the[pic]chance[pic]nature[pic]of[pic]fame[pic]in[pic]the[pic]arts[pic]serve[pic]as[pic]a[pic]rather[pic]
irrelevant[pic]prologue:[pic]it[pic]seems[pic]clear[pic]Vitruvius[pic]felt[pic]he[pic]had[pic]to[pic]have[pic]one.[pic]The[pic]book[pic]
then[pic]proceeds[pic]to[pic]temples,[pic]setting[pic]forth[pic]some[pic]basic[pic]definitions,[pic]then[pic]describing[pic]
a[pic]canon[pic]for[pic]the[pic]construction[pic]of[pic]temples[pic]of[pic]the[pic]Ionic[pic]order.[pic][pic]
IV
Corinthian[pic]and[pic]Doric[pic]temples;[pic]temple[pic]doors[pic]and[pic]altars;[pic]the[pic]Tuscan[pic]order,[pic]which[pic]
Vitruvius[pic]seems[pic]to[pic]find[pic]primitive.[pic][pic]
V
In[pic]which[pic]the[pic]author[pic]warns[pic]you[pic]that[pic]architecture[pic]is[pic]highly[pic]technical,[pic]then[pic]proves[pic]it[pic]
in[pic]spades[pic]in[pic]his[pic]exposition[pic]of[pic]civilpublicspaces:[pic]the[pic]forum,[pic]the[pic]basilica,[pic]the[pic]...