VITRUVIAN MAN

NAME: DENNISE SALTOS

TEACHER: ING. MARIA BELEN
ALARCON
GROUP: 1

VITRUVIUS

Who was Vitruvius?

Roman architect and engineer of the
first century BC
Participated in the Civil War , then
he worked as engineer for Caesar .
Author of the only treatise on
architecture that remains of antiquity.
"The Ten Books of Architecture"

ARCHITECTURAL SITUATION

Life style of Rome .

Key uses of buildings.
Vision of aesthetics and social
distinction.
Relationship with Greece.

It is false that Vitruvius

said that architecture is
based on three principles:
Beauty,
firmness
and
Utility which is the basis
of the use and / or
function of architecture,
just read the treaty to
ensure that these three
elements the author cites
the exclusive reference to
certain public buildings.

Editions of The Ten Books

of Architecture of Vitruvius
The discovery, in 1414 , of a handwritten copy of
the book " De Architectura " by Vitruvius,
aroused great interest in the world of
architecture and humanism to be the germ of a
series of agreements that came out during the
Renaissance.

The book, structured in ten books , exhibits all the

knowledge of his time on the theory and practice of
architecture , understood as not only the art of the
construction of buildings but also public works and
designs for building machines buildings . Vitruvius
in the first book examines the principles of
architecture in general, and the choice of suitable
locations to build a city or house.

FIRST BOOK

This
arises
from practice
and
reasoning .

It consists of :
Ordination
Provision
euritmia
Symmetry
Ornament
Distribution.

SECOND BOOK

Origin of the buildings and

their progress
Building Materials kinds of
buildings
Of the principles of things as
the opinions of philosophers

THIRD BOOK

THE TEMPLES
SYMMETRY
COMPOSITION

FOURTH
BOOK
three

orders of
columns

The

orientation of
the temples

FIFTH BOOK
Public Buildings
Forums , basilicas , curia, etc. .
Theaters and buildings on the
water.

SIXTH BOOK
Private buildings.

Private buildings will be

located correctly ,
considering the latitude and
the orientation where lift.

SEVENTH BOOK

Home
interiors.
Pavements
plastering
painting

EIGHTH BOOK
Canals and
waterways.

Vitruvius explains that now

the most convenient carry
water to homes and cities is
a method of leveling the
ground .

NINTH BOOK
Measures of time and
watches. Astronomy;
Earth , the planets ,
the sun, the stars.

Try to make the orientation of

the sun, hiding out and
generate an important
principle for the design of a
building from its location orientation with respect to the
openings , analyzing and
considering the climate.

TENTH BOOK
Construction machinery.

When they act in manner

consistent, as with principles,
their movements and capabilities
produce these effects, although
two distinct and opposing factors

VOCABULARY

Beauty:

VENUSTAS
Firmness: FIRMISTAS