Vitruvius on Architecture

Contributor(s): Smith, Thomas Gordon (Author)

ISBN: 9781580931274

Publisher: Monacelli Press

Hardcover

$60.00

Pub Date: January 5, 2004

Dewey: 720

LCCN: 2003015240

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.94" H x 10.98" L x 8.68" W ( 2.90 lbs) 288 pages

BISAC Categories:

Architecture | History | General

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

This volume contains the five books most relevant to contemporary architecture: photographs of ancient structures from Greece, Italy, and Turkey; related sculptures, frescoes, and reliefs; hypothetical re-creations of Vitruvius's now-lost illustrations; and a series of exquisitely rendered watercolor plates based on his descriptions.

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