{"product_id":"on-architecture-volume-ii-hardcover-by-vitruvius","title":"On Architecture, Volume II Hardcover by Vitruvius","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eHarvard University Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1934-01-02)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e448\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674993099\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Renaissance man \u003ci\u003eavant la lettre\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVitruvius  (Marcus V. Pollio), Roman architect and engineer, studied Greek  philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of  professional work. He was one of those appointed to be overseers of  imperial artillery or military engines, and was architect of at least  one unit of buildings for Augustus in the reconstruction of Rome. Late  in life and in ill health he completed, sometime before 27 BC, \u003ci\u003eDe Architectura\u003c\/i\u003e  which, after its rediscovery in the fifteenth century, was influential  enough to be studied by architects from the early Renaissance to recent  times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eOn Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e Vitruvius adds to the tradition of Greek  theory and practice the results of his own experience. The contents of  this treatise in ten books are as follows. Book 1: Requirements for an  architect; town planning; design, cities, aspects; temples. 2: Materials  and their treatment. Greek systems. 3: Styles. Forms of Greek temples.  Ionic. 4: Styles. Corinthian, Ionic, Doric; Tuscan; altars. 5: Other  public buildings (fora, basilicae, theaters, colonnades, baths,  harbors). 6: Sites and planning, especially of houses. 7: Construction  of pavements, roads, mosaic floors, vaults. Decoration (stucco, wall  painting, colors). 8: Hydraulic engineering; water supply; aqueducts. 9:  Astronomy. Greek and Roman discoveries; signs of the zodiac, planets,  moon phases, constellations, astrology, gnomon, sundials. 10: Machines  for war and other purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eFrank Stephen Granger (1864–1936) was Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554455670945,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674993099","price":38.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674993099.jpg?v=1781769235","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/on-architecture-volume-ii-hardcover-by-vitruvius","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}