Project Gutenberg 2016-04-20 Public domain in the USA. 333 Vitruvius Pollio Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Cetius Faventinus, Marcus Faventinus, Marcus Cetius Rose, Valentin 1829 1916 Rose, Valentinus Vitruvii De architectura libri decem "M. Ceti Faventini Liber artis architectonicae": p. 283-304 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_architectura Produced by Ted Garvin, abi278, Stephen Rowland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Vitruvii De architectura libri decem" by Vitruvius Pollio is a comprehensive treatise on architecture written in the late 1st century BC. This work serves as one of the earliest and most influential texts on architecture, reflecting the author's insights on buildings, town planning, and engineering principles. The book encompasses a wide range of topics, from the aesthetic and functional aspects of architecture to the relationship between art and science. The opening of the treatise begins with Vitruvius addressing Emperor Caesar, emphasizing the importance of architecture in relation to the grandeur of the Roman Empire. He expresses his initial hesitation to publish his writings due to the distractions of governance and the weight of the emperor's responsibilities. However, acknowledging Caesar's keen interest in public architecture and urban development, he resolves to share his knowledge on the subject, framing architecture as vital to the prosperity and majesty of the empire. This introduction sets the stage for a detailed exploration of architectural principles that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. la Architecture -- Early works to 1800 NA PA Text Category: Architecture 2046717 2025-07-20T15:14:11.745240 text/html 2014191 2024-10-23T00:22:09 text/html 1215317 2025-07-20T15:14:51.100011 application/epub+zip 1242873 2025-07-20T15:14:17.663210 application/epub+zip 641060 2025-07-20T15:14:14.615181 application/epub+zip 1972819 2025-07-20T15:15:10.275414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1851818 2025-07-20T15:14:47.372031 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1263268 2022-09-23T15:30:57.353122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1371065 2025-07-20T15:14:03.956232 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1351100 2024-10-23T00:22:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17578 2025-07-20T15:15:10.526419 application/rdf+xml 8149 2025-07-20T15:14:15.049198 image/jpeg 1743 2025-07-20T15:14:14.841197 image/jpeg 1118256 2025-07-20T15:14:11.897199 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia