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Vitruvius

Also known as Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus Vitruvius, Lucius Vitruvius Cordo, Marcus Vitruvius Mamurra

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.

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (80 BCE – 15 BCE) was an Ancient Roman architect, writer, engineer, and artillerist. Born in Formia, Roman Republic, he worked in Italy during the Roman Empire period. Writing in Latin, his notable work is *De architectura*. His writings have been preserved in various editions, including *I dieci libri dell'architettvra* and *Architettura (dai libri I-VII) Recensione del testo*.

Vitruvius is described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia*. His works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. A Latin quote attributed to him states, "Neque enim ingenium sine disciplina aut disciplina sine ingenio perfectum artificem potest efficere."

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Person · Open Library

Born: 80 b.C.
Died: 15 b.C.
Works: 141

Top works

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Ciudad de México
Active from: 2006

Discography

Vitruvius2011
Above the Silvered Sky2016

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 338
Total plays: 4,105

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'
· 1999 · cited 88x
On Architecture
· 1931 · cited 68x
Vitruvii de architectura libri decem
· 1912 · cited 11x
Packet Level TCP Performance of NAT44, NAT64 and IPv6 Using Iperf in the Context of IPv6 Migration
· 2015 · cited 10x
Study of Packet Level UDP Performance of NAT44, NAT64 and IPv6 Using Iperf in the Context of IPv6 Migration
· 2014 · cited 8x

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Quotes

“Owing to this favor I need to have no fear of want to the end of my life, and being thus laid under obligation I began to write this work for you, because I saw that you have built and are now building extensively, and that in future also you will take care that our public and private buildings shall be worthy to go down to posterity by the side of your other splendid achievements.”
“The architect should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory.”
“Architects who have aimed at acquiring manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who relied only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a thorough knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.”
“In all matters but particularly in architecture ...that which is signified is the subject of which we may be speaking and that which gives significance is a demonstration on scientific principles. ...One who professes himself an architect should be well versed in both directions.”
“Neque enim ingenium sine disciplina aut disciplina sine ingenio perfectum artificem potest efficere.”
“Let him [who would be an architect] be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge of medicine, know the opinions of the jurists, and be acquainted with astronomy and the theory of the heavens.”

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Key facts

Person.name: Vitruvius
Person.image: Vitruvio Pollione portrait (cropped).jpg
Person.caption: Engraving by Jacopo Bernardi after Vincenzo Raggio, 1823 or 1847
Person.birth_date: 80–70 BC
Person.birth_place: Roman Republic
Person.death_date: after 15 BC (aged 55–65)

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections

Contents

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
Further reading
External links

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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