Project Gutenberg 2006-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 6633 Vitruvius Pollio Marcus Vitruvius Pollio The Ten Books on Architecture Produced by Chuck Greif, Melissa Er-Raqabi, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ten Books on Architecture" by Vitruvius Pollio is a treatise on architecture written in the 1st century BC. This seminal work lays the foundational principles of architecture, encompassing topics from city planning and building techniques to the materials required for construction. Through this text, Vitruvius aims to establish the importance of knowledge in various disciplines for architects, suggesting that a well-rounded education is essential for effective design and construction. The beginning of the work outlines Vitruvius's motivations for writing, as he addresses Emperor Augustus, expressing a desire to support the public good through his architectural insights. He emphasizes the necessity for architects to possess a broad base of knowledge, including geometry, history, philosophy, music, and medicine, in order to execute their work effectively. Vitruvius continues by elaborating on the fundamental principles of architecture, discussing order, arrangement, symmetry, and economy as key components to successful building design. This foundational exposition sets the stage for the more technical discussions that will follow in later chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Architecture -- Early works to 1800 NA PA Text Architecture Category: Architecture 761479 2025-08-08T12:32:44.183008 text/html 738365 2007-01-01T11:11:50 text/html 14282998 2025-08-08T12:33:08.478893 application/epub+zip 14266554 2025-08-08T12:32:51.356977 application/epub+zip 335437 2025-08-08T12:32:47.273969 application/epub+zip 14460318 2025-08-08T12:33:19.645872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 14296732 2025-08-08T12:33:02.178958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505344 2022-09-09T13:35:00.953086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612879 2025-08-08T12:32:41.708000 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 612671 2007-01-01T11:11:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 612663 2007-01-01T11:10:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20059 2025-08-08T12:33:19.881828 application/rdf+xml 11636 2025-08-08T12:32:47.907961 image/jpeg 2929 2025-08-08T12:32:47.594985 image/jpeg 216367 2007-01-01T11:12:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 13565786 2017-01-08T08:44:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 216202 2007-01-01T11:12:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 13874865 2025-08-08T12:32:44.596011 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia