Main entry:

Vitruvius Pollio.

Title & Author:

Vitruvius : the ten books on architecture / translated by Morris Hicky Morgan ; with illustrations and original designs prepared under the direction of Herbert Langford Warren.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, [1960]
©1960

Description:

331 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
" ... an unabridged and unaltered republication of the first edition of the English translation by Morris Hicky Morgan, originally published ... in 1914"--Title page verso.
Book 1. The education of the architect -- Fundamental principles of architecture -- Departments of architecture -- The site of a city -- The city walls -- Directions of the streets; with remarks on the winds -- Sites for public buildings -- Book 2. The origin of the dwelling house -- On the primordial substance according to the physicists -- Brick -- Sand -- Lime -- Pozzolana -- Stone -- Methods of building walls -- Timber -- Highland and lowland fir -- Book 3. On symmetry: in temples and in the human body -- Classification of temples -- The proportions of intercolumniations and of columns -- Foundations and substructures of temples -- Proportions of the base, capitals, and entablature in the Ionic order -- Book 4. Origins of the three orders, and the proportions of the Corinthian capital -- The ornaments of the orders -- Proportions of Doric temples -- The cella and pronaos -- How the temple should face -- Doorways of temples -- Tuscan temples -- Circular temples and other varieties -- Altars -- Book 5. The forum and basilica -- The treasury, prison, and senate house -- The theatre: its site, foundations, and acoustics -- Harmonics -- Sounding vessels in the theatre -- Plan of the theatre -- Greek theatres -- Acoustics of the site of a theatre -- Colonnades and walks -- Baths -- The Palaestra -- Harbours, breakwaters, and shipyards.
Book 6. On climate as determining the style of the house -- Symmetry, and modifications in it to suit the site -- Proportions of the principal rooms -- Proper exposures of the different rooms -- How the rooms should be suited to the status of the owner -- The farmhouse -- The Greek house -- On foundations and substructures -- Book 7. Floors -- Slaking of lime for stucco -- Vaultings and stucco work -- On stucco work in damp places, and on the decoration of dining rooms -- The decadence of fresco painting -- Marble for use in stucco -- Natural colours -- Cinnabar and quicksilver -- Artificial colours. Black -- Blue. Burnt ochre -- White lead, verdigris, and artificial sandarach -- Purple -- Substitutes for purple, yellow ochre, malachite green, and indigo -- Book 8. How to find water -- Rainwater -- Various properties of different waters -- Tests of good water -- Levelling and levelling instruments -- Aqueducts, wells, and cisterns -- Book 9. The zodiac and the planets -- The phases of the moon -- The course of the sun through the twelve signs -- The northern constellations -- The southern constellations -- Astrology and weather prognostics -- The analemma and its applications -- Sundials and water clocks -- Book 10. Machines and implements -- Hoisting machines -- Elements of motion -- Engines for raising water -- Water wheels and water mills -- The water screw -- The pump of Ctesibius -- The water organ -- The hodometer -- Catapults or scorpiones -- Ballistae -- The stringing and tuning of catapults -- Siege machines -- The tortoise -- Hegetor's tortoise -- Measures of defence -- Note on scamilli impares.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0486206459 (paperback)
9780486206455 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architecture.
Bouwkunst.
Arquitetura (teoria)
História da arquitetura.
architectuur
theorie
theory
esthetische waarde
aesthetic value
italy
romeinse rijk
roman empire
Architecture (General)
Architectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Early works.
Early works to 1800.

Added entries:

Morgan, M. H. (Morris Hicky), 1859-1910, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109051
Call No.: ID:86-B21972
Status: Available