Vitruvius
Sign in to saveVitruvius ( ; ; –70 BC – after ) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled . As the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity, it has been regarded since the Renaissance as the first book on architectural theory, as well as a major source on the canon of classical architecture. It is not clear to what extent his contemporaries regarded his book as original or important.
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Vitruvius was a Roman architect and engineer from the 1st century BC who wrote a multi-volume work on architecture that is the only surviving architectural treatise from ancient times. Since the Renaissance, his work has been treated as the foundational text on architectural theory and our primary source for understanding classical architectural principles, though it's unclear how influential it was when first written.
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- Born
- 80 b.C.
- Died
- 15 b.C.
- Works
- 141
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- Raison d'architectvre antiqve
- I dieci libri dell'architettvra
- De Architectura
- Marka Vitruvīi︠a︡ Pollīona Ob arkhitekturi︠e︡, kniga pervai︠a︡ i vtorai︠a︡
- Architettura (dai libri I-VII) Recensione del testo
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20 sectionsContents
- Life and career
- ''De architectura''
- Scope
- Proportions of man
- Lists of names given in Book VII Introduction
- Rediscovery
- Archaeological discovery of the basilica
- Roman technology
- Machines
- Aqueducts
- Materials
- Dewatering machines
- Surveying instruments
- Central heating
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- Sources
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- External links
Vitruvius ( ; ; –70 BC – after ) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled . As the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity, it has been regarded since the Renaissance as the first book on architectural theory, as well as a major source on the canon of classical architecture. It is not clear to what extent his contemporaries regarded his book as original or important.
He states that all buildings should have three attributes: , , and ("strength", "utility", and "beauty"), principles reflected in much Ancient Roman architecture. His discussion of perfect proportion in architecture and the human body led to the famous Renaissance drawing of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci.
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