On Architecture
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 29, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- An ancient treatise brings Roman architecture, engineering, city planning, and human proportion into view.
- Themes
- Roman architecture, Engineering and city planning, Human proportions
- Genres
- Ancient & Classical Architecture, Civil Engineering, History of Architecture
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In De architectura (c.40 BC), Vitruvius discusses in ten encyclopedic chapters aspects of Roman architecture, engineering and city planning. Vitruvius also included a section on human proportions. Because it is the only antique treatise on architecture to have survived, De architectura has been an invaluable source of information for scholars. The rediscovery of Vitruvius during the Renaissance greatly fuelled the revival of classicism during that and subsequent periods.
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Numerous architectural treatises were based in part or inspired by Vitruvius, beginning with Leon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria (1485). For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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An ancient treatise brings Roman architecture, engineering, city planning, and human proportion into view.
Come here for
- A broad view of Roman building and city planning
- The curious intersection of design and human proportion
Expect
- Ten chapters spanning architecture, engineering, and planning
- A work whose Renaissance rediscovery helped revive classicism
Where it sits
| Ancient & Classical Architecture | 94% |
|---|---|
| History of Architecture | 31% |
| Civil Engineering | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient & Classical Architecture
- Civilizations
- Civil Engineering
- Authors
- Vitruvius
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- December 29, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Roman architecture · Engineering and city planning · Human proportions
- Reading lane
- Ancient & Classical Architecture