Ten Books on Architecture

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Author

Vitruvius Pollio

Title

The Ten Books on Architecture

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Produced by Chuck Greif, Melissa Er-Raqabi, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature

Subject

Architecture -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20239

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20239

Release Date

December 31, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VITRUVIUS
2. 2.THE TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.VITRUVIUS
7. 7.BOOK I
8. 8.PREFACE
9. 9.CHAPTER I — THE EDUCATION OF THE ARCHITECT
10. 10.CHAPTER II — THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE
11. 11.CHAPTER III — THE DEPARTMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE
12. 12.CHAPTER IV — THE SITE OF A CITY
13. 13.CHAPTER V — THE CITY WALLS
14. 14.CHAPTER VI — THE DIRECTIONS OF THE STREETS; WITH REMARKS ON THE WINDS
15. 15.CHAPTER VII — THE SITES FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
16. 16.BOOK II
17. 17.INTRODUCTION
18. 18.CHAPTER I — THE ORIGIN OF THE DWELLING HOUSE
19. 19.CHAPTER II — ON THE PRIMORDIAL SUBSTANCE ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICISTS
20. 20.CHAPTER III — BRICK
21. 21.CHAPTER IV — SAND
22. 22.CHAPTER V — LIME
23. 23.CHAPTER VI — POZZOLANA
24. 24.CHAPTER VII — STONE
25. 25.CHAPTER VIII — METHODS OF BUILDING WALLS
26. 26.CHAPTER IX — TIMBER
27. 27.CHAPTER X — HIGHLAND AND LOWLAND FIR
28. 28.BOOK III
29. 29.INTRODUCTION
30. 30.CHAPTER I — ON SYMMETRY: IN TEMPLES AND IN THE HUMAN BODY
31. 31.CHAPTER II — CLASSIFICATION OF TEMPLES
32. 32.CHAPTER III — THE PROPORTIONS OF INTERCOLUMNIATIONS AND OF COLUMNS
33. 33.CHAPTER IV — THE FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES OF TEMPLES
34. 34.CHAPTER V — PROPORTIONS OF THE BASE, CAPITALS, AND ENTABLATURE IN THE IONIC ORDER
35. 35.BOOK IV
36. 36.INTRODUCTION
37. 37.CHAPTER I — THE ORIGINS OF THE THREE ORDERS, AND THE PROPORTIONS OF THE CORINTHIAN CAPITAL
38. 38.CHAPTER II — THE ORNAMENTS OF THE ORDERS
39. 39.CHAPTER III — PROPORTIONS OF DORIC TEMPLES
40. 40.CHAPTER IV — THE CELLA AND PRONAOS
41. 41.CHAPTER V — HOW THE TEMPLE SHOULD FACE
42. 42.CHAPTER VI — THE DOORWAYS OF TEMPLES
43. 43.CHAPTER VII — TUSCAN TEMPLES
44. 44.CHAPTER VIII — CIRCULAR TEMPLES AND OTHER VARIETIES
45. 45.CHAPTER IX — ALTARS
46. 46.BOOK V —
47. 47.INTRODUCTION
48. 48.CHAPTER I — THE FORUM AND BASILICA
49. 49.CHAPTER II — THE TREASURY, PRISON, AND SENATE HOUSE
50. 50.CHAPTER III — THE THEATRE: ITS SITE, FOUNDATIONS AND ACOUSTICS
51. 51.CHAPTER IV — HARMONICS
52. 52.CHAPTER V — SOUNDING VESSELS IN THE THEATRE
53. 53.CHAPTER VI — PLAN OF THE THEATRE
54. 54.CHAPTER VII — GREEK THEATRES
55. 55.CHAPTER VIII — ACOUSTICS OF THE SITE OF A THEATRE
56. 56.CHAPTER IX — COLONNADES AND WALKS
57. 57.CHAPTER X — BATHS
58. 58.CHAPTER XI — THE PALAESTRA
59. 59.CHAPTER XII — HARBOURS, BREAKWATERS, AND SHIPYARDS
60. 60.BOOK VI
61. 61.INTRODUCTION
62. 62.CHAPTER I — ON CLIMATE AS DETERMINING THE STYLE OF THE HOUSE
63. 63.CHAPTER II — SYMMETRY, AND MODIFICATIONS IN IT TO SUIT THE SITE
64. 64.CHAPTER III — PROPORTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL ROOMS
65. 65.CHAPTER IV — THE PROPER EXPOSURES OF THE DIFFERENT ROOMS
66. 66.CHAPTER V — HOW THE ROOMS SHOULD BE SUITED TO THE STATION OF THE OWNER
67. 67.CHAPTER VI — THE FARMHOUSE
68. 68.CHAPTER VII — THE GREEK HOUSE
69. 69.CHAPTER VIII — ON FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES
70. 70.BOOK VII
71. 71.INTRODUCTION
72. 72.CHAPTER I — FLOORS
73. 73.CHAPTER II — THE SLAKING OF LIME FOR STUCCO
74. 74.CHAPTER III — VAULTINGS AND STUCCO WORK
75. 75.CHAPTER IV — ON STUCCO WORK IN DAMP PLACES, AND ON THE DECORATION OF DINING ROOMS
76. 76.CHAPTER V — THE DECADENCE OF FRESCO PAINTING
77. 77.CHAPTER VI — MARBLE FOR USE IN STUCCO
78. 78.CHAPTER VII — NATURAL COLOURS
79. 79.CHAPTER VIII — CINNABAR AND QUICKSILVER
80. 80.CHAPTER IX — CINNABAR ( continued )
81. 81.CHAPTER X — ARTIFICIAL COLOURS. BLACK
82. 82.CHAPTER XI — BLUE. BURNT OCHRE
83. 83.CHAPTER XII — WHITE LEAD, VERDIGRIS, AND ARTIFICIAL SANDARACH
84. 84.CHAPTER XIII — PURPLE
85. 85.CHAPTER XIV — SUBSTITUTES FOR PURPLE, YELLOW OCHRE, MALACHITE GREEN, AND INDIGO
86. 86.BOOK VIII
87. 87.INTRODUCTION
88. 88.CHAPTER I — HOW TO FIND WATER
89. 89.CHAPTER II — RAINWATER
90. 90.CHAPTER III — VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT WATERS
91. 91.CHAPTER IV — TESTS OF GOOD WATER
92. 92.CHAPTER V — LEVELLING AND LEVELLING INSTRUMENTS
93. 93.CHAPTER VI — AQUEDUCTS, WELLS, AND CISTERNS
94. 94.BOOK IX
95. 95.INTRODUCTION
96. 96.CHAPTER I — THE ZODIAC AND THE PLANETS
97. 97.CHAPTER II — THE PHASES OF THE MOON
98. 98.CHAPTER III — THE COURSE OF THE SUN THROUGH THE TWELVE SIGNS
99. 99.CHAPTER IV — THE NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
100. 100.CHAPTER V — THE SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
101. 101.CHAPTER VI — ASTROLOGY AND WEATHER PROGNOSTICS
102. 102.CHAPTER VII — THE ANALEMMA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
103. 103.CHAPTER VIII — SUNDIALS AND WATER CLOCKS
104. 104.BOOK X
105. 105.INTRODUCTION
106. 106.CHAPTER I — MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS
107. 107.CHAPTER II — HOISTING MACHINES
108. 108.CHAPTER III — THE ELEMENTS OF MOTION
109. 109.CHAPTER IV — ENGINES FOR RAISING WATER
110. 110.CHAPTER V — WATER WHEELS AND WATER MILLS
111. 111.CHAPTER VI — THE WATER SCREW
112. 112.CHAPTER VII — THE PUMP OF CTESIBIUS
113. 113.CHAPTER VIII — THE WATER ORGAN
114. 114.CHAPTER IX — THE HODOMETER
115. 115.CHAPTER X — CATAPULTS OR SCORPIONES
116. 116.CHAPTER XI — BALLISTAE
117. 117.CHAPTER XII — THE STRINGING AND TUNING OF CATAPULTS
118. 118.CHAPTER XIII — SIEGE MACHINES
119. 119.CHAPTER XIV — THE TORTOISE
120. 120.CHAPTER XV — HEGETOR'S TORTOISE
121. 121.CHAPTER XVI — MEASURES OF DEFENCE
122. 122.SCAMILLI IMPARES ( Book III , ch. 4)
123. 123.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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