Article by ian k whittaker, uk registered architect. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. On architecture, completed by vitruvius sometime before 27 ce and the only work of its kind to survive antiquity, serves not professionals but readers who want to understand architecture. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. On architecture, published as ten books on architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the roman architect marcus vitruvius pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor caesar augustus, as a guide for building projects. As no similar work has survived complete from antiquity, the book has become an. Vitruv heiner knell and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Topics include town planning, building materials, temples, the architectural orders, houses, pavements, mosaics, water supply, measurements, and machines. Roman architect, engineer, and architectural theorist, author of the only substantial antique treatise on architecture to survive. Vitruvius pollio, the ten books on architecture, book i. The first printed edition of marcus vitruvius pollio work appeared in rome in 1486, the first illustrated edition was published in 1511 venice. The basket was accidentally placed on the root of an acanthus plant, which.
Marcus vitruvius pollio was a roman writer, architect and engineer active in the. Book by marcus vitruvius pollio book iv, chapter ix, section 1, circa 15 bc. This site is about the ten books of architecture as written by marcus vitruvius pollio in the first century a. The architecture of marcus vitruvius pollio, in ten books. French school at athens, published in the revue generale del architecture for 1875. Marcusaurelius,publiusminidius,andgnaeuscornelius,i was ready to supply and repair ballistae, scorpiones, and other artillery, and i have received rewards for good service withthem. Known to the premier antiquarian book shops of europe, his standing orders always began with the editions of vitruvius lacking from his shelves. On architecture, volume ii vitruvius harvard university press. He is thought to have been born in verona, even though this has not been entirely proofed. Page 59 corinthian virgin, who was of marriageable age, fell a victim to a violent disorder.
Others have named him architect, principally frontinus see book 8. The contents of this treatise in ten books are as follows. Marcus vitruvius pollio was a roman writer, architect and engineer active in the 1st century bc. Ten books on architecture by marcus vitruvius pollio. By his own description vitruvius served as an artilleryman, the third class. Neither his name, marcus, nor his cognomen pollio are certain. Ten books on architecture wikisource, the free online library. Analysis of the text by vitruvius, hopefully read by octavianaugustus caesar even though it is not. Marcus aurelius, publius minidius, and gnaeus cornelius, i was ready to. 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.
On architecture, volume ii, books 610 loeb classical library no. The architecture of marcus vitruvius pollio author. Inscribed by anonymous, british, 15th century date. Vitruvius pollio, joseph gwilt, roman architecture. Marcus vitruvius pollio was a famous roman architect in the 1st century bc. Pollio, roman architect and engineer, studied greek philosophy and. Marcus vitruvius pollio biography infos for sellers and. In the preface of book i, vitruvius dedicates his writings so to give personal knowledge of the quality of buildings to the emperor. He was probably born between 80 and 70 bc in campania, and died after 15 bc. Latin text and english translation with after each chapter an extensive comment with examples from archaeology and comparison with existing buildings. While your divine intelligence and will, imperator caesar, were engaged in acquiring the right to command the world, and while your fellow citizens, when all their enemies had been laid low by your invincible valour, were glorying in your triumph and victory,while all foreign nations were in subjection awaiting your beck and call, and the roman people and senate, released from their. Top 25 quotes by marcus vitruvius pollio of 105 az quotes. The project gutenberg ebook of ten books on architecture, by. Vitruvius was not a great literary personage, ambitious as he was to appear in that character.
Pollio, roman architect and engineer, studied greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of professional work. Vitruvius simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This book is, therefore, in its proper order and place. By his own description vitruvius served as a ballista artilleryman, the third class of arms in the military offices. Zehn bucher uber architektur by vitruvius pollio, marcus and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Vitruvius probably marcus vitruvius pollio was an ancient roman architect and engineer who lived in the 1st century bc. For this book does not show of what architecture is composed, but treats of the origin of the building art, how it was fostered, and how it made progress, step by step, until it reached its present perfection. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Jahrhunderts by erik forssman book index vitruvianus by hermann nohl. Ten books on architecture by marcus vitruvius pollio free. Historians, using so very little real data, have named him marcus vitruvius pollio. Marcus vitruvius pollio biography infos for sellers and buyers. The work is one of the most important sources of modern knowledge of roman building methods, as well as the planning and design of. Marcus vitruvius pollio a possible explanation of his name and a timeline for his life. It is therefore important as our prime source of many lost greek writings on the. Printed book with engraved illustrations and lithograph frontis accession. The present copy is bound with the frontinus see below.
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