Ten Books on Architecture
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Ten Books on Architecture is the common English title of Vitruvius’s influential 1st-century BCE treatise that laid the foundations of Western architectural theory and practice.
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| Ten Books on Architecture canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Roman work
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architectural treatise ⓘ |
| author | Vitruvius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conceptIntroduced |
firmitas
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utilitas ⓘ venustas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
Composite order
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Corinthian order NERFINISHED ⓘ Doric order NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionic order NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuscan order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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art theory ⓘ engineering ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Ten Books on Architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I
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Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IX NERFINISHED ⓘ Book V NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VI NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VII NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ Book X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Andrea Palladio
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Leon Battista Alberti NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance architecture ⓘ Western architectural theory ⓘ classical architectural education ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
aqueducts
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architectural design principles ⓘ building materials ⓘ city planning ⓘ construction techniques ⓘ machines and engineering devices ⓘ proportion in architecture ⓘ temple design ⓘ theatre design ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 10 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | De architectura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedAs | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| rediscovered | Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | prose treatise ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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