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Please check that your browser supports javascript and that it is enabled in the browser settings. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Vitruviuss 10 books or chapters on architecture lets you view life through the lens of the 1st century bc builder. Vitruvius also studied human proportions book iii and his canones were later encoded in a very famous. Vitruvius article about vitruvius by the free dictionary. The project gutenberg ebook of ten books on architecture, by. Book by marcus vitruvius pollio book iv, chapter viii, section 6, circa 15 bc. Vitruvius synonyms, vitruvius pronunciation, vitruvius translation, english dictionary definition of vitruvius. Browsing it is a great unmitigated source of joy pertaining to whom has an amateurs interest in structure or roman record. Publication date 1914 topics architecture publisher. This notable work is commonly known as vitruvius architecture, which he had penned down in his ten books. For hundreds of years, the specific instructions he gave in his ten books on architecture were followed faithfully, and major buildings in all parts of the world. The ten books on architecture by vitruvius pollio and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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