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On Architecture, published as Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvian Rule of Aesthetic:
It is divided into 10 books dealing with city planning and based on Greek traditions of
architecture in general; architecture
building materials; teachings of Pythagoras =
applying proportions of
temple construction and the use of the Greek orders; numbers
public buildings (theatres, baths); observations of tuned strings of
private buildings; instruments
floors and stucco decoration; proportions of human body
hydraulics; PLEASANTNESS = in
accordance of good taste
clocks, parts follow proportions
mensuration, and astronomy; and civil and military symmetry of measures
engines.
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Fundamentals : Was the prototype of the
First, is the stability and
Renaissance “Universal
usefulness of a structure. Man”.
In basic terms,
A great structure must be “Complete Works on
stable/useful, aesthetically Architecture and Perspective”
pleasing, and decorated well, This was the first architectural
and each element must work handbook that emphasized
with the others to create a the practical rather than the
consistent and unified whole. theoretical aspects of
Therefore, building (and by architecture, and it was the
extension city-planning) first to catalog the five orders.
required a philosophical mind
as well as scientific precision.
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Serlio was also the first to
The last book of the treatise to incorporate illustrations into
be published in his lifetime, an architectural handbook,
contained 50 fanciful designs using drawings of Peruzzi and
for doorways, which were Bramante, as well as his own.
much copied in northern
Europe and decidedly
influenced the course of
Mannerist architectural
decoration.
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His notable writings: It's one of the most influential
books in architecture history.
Regola delli cinque ordini
d'architettura ("Canon of the It contains Palladio's own
five orders of architecture“) designs celebrating the purity
Due regole della prospettiva and simplicity of classical
pratica ("Two rules of architecture.
practical perspective“)
favours one-point
perspective rather than two-
point methods such as the
bifocal construction.
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The Father of Modern Picture
Books.
is widely considered to be one of
the most influential individuals in
the history of architecture.
his treatise I quattro libri
dell’architettura (1570; The Four
Books of Architecture) made him
one of the most influential figures
in Western architecture.