The Ten Books on Architecture

by Vitruvius

• ISBN13: 9780486206455
• ISBN10: 0486206459
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1960-06-01
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

The most important book ever written on architecture. Early Roman aesthetics, technology, classical orders, site selection, all other aspects. Morgan translation.

Table of Contents

BOOK I	3	(32)
PREFACE	3	(2)
THE EDUCATION OF THE ARCHITECT	5	(8)
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE	13	(3)
THE DEPARTMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE	16	(1)
THE SITE OF A CITY	17	(4)
THE CITY WALLS	21	(3)
THE DIRECTIONS OF THE STREETS; WITH REMARKS ON THE WINDS	24	(7)
THE SITES FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS	31	(4)
BOOK II	35	(34)
INTRODUCTION	35	(3)
THE ORIGIN OF THE DWELLING HOUSE	38	(4)
ON THE PRIMORDIAL SUBSTANCE ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICISTS	42	(1)
BRICK	42	(2)
SAND	44	(1)
LIME	45	(1)
POZZOLANA	46	(3)
STONE	49	(2)
METHODS OF BUILDING WALLS	51	(7)
TIMBER	58	(6)
HIGHLAND AND LOWLAND FIR	64	(5)
BOOK III	69	(32)
INTRODUCTION	69	(3)
ON SYMMETRY: IN TEMPLES AND IN THE HUMAN BODY	72	(3)
CLASSIFICATION OF TEMPLES	75	(3)
THE PROPORTIONS OF INTERCOLUMNIATIONS AND OF COLUMNS	78	(8)
THE FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES OF TEMPLES	86	(4)
PROPORTIONS OF THE BASE, CAPITALS, AND ENTABLATURE IN THE IONIC ORDER	90	(11)
BOOK IV	101	(28)
INTRODUCTION	101	(1)
THE ORIGINS OF THE THREE ORDERS, AND THE PROPORTIONS OF THE CORINTHIAN CAPITAL	102	(5)
THE ORNAMENTS OF THE ORDERS	107	(2)
PROPORTIONS OF DORIC TEMPLES	109	(5)
THE CELLA AND PRONAOS	114	(2)
HOW THE TEMPLE SHOULD FACE	116	(1)
THE DOORWAYS OF TEMPLES	117	(3)
TUSCAN TEMPLES	120	(2)
CIRCULAR TEMPLES AND OTHER VARIETIES	122	(3)
ALTARS	125	(4)
BOOK V	129	(38)
INTRODUCTION	129	(2)
THE FORUM AND BASILICA	131	(6)
THE TREASURY, PRISON, AND SENATE HOUSE	137	(1)
THE THEATRE: ITS SITE, FOUNDATIONS, AND ACOUSTICS	137	(2)
HARMONICS	139	(4)
SOUNDING VESSELS IN THE THEATRE	143	(3)
PLAN OF THE THEATRE	146	(5)
GREEK THEATRES	151	(2)
ACOUSTICS OF THE SITE OF A THEATRE	153	(1)
COLONNADES AND WALKS	154	(3)
BATHS	157	(2)
THE PALAESTRA	159	(3)
HARBOURS, BREAKWATERS, AND SHIPYARDS	162	(5)
BOOK VI	167	(28)
INTRODUCTION	167	(3)
ON CLIMATE AS DETERMINING THE STYLE OF THE HOUSE	170	(4)
SYMMETRY, AND MODIFICATIONS IN IT TO SUIT THE SITE	174	(2)
PROPORTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL ROOMS	176	(4)
THE PROPER EXPOSURES OF THE DIFFERENT ROOMS	180	(1)
HOW THE ROOMS SHOULD BE SUITED TO THE STATION OF THE OWNER	181	(2)
THE FARMHOUSE	183	(2)
THE GREEK HOUSE	185	(4)
ON FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES	189	(6)
BOOK VII	195	(30)
INTRODUCTION	195	(7)
FLOORS	202	(2)
THE SLAKING OF LIME FOR STUCCO	204	(1)
VAULTINGS AND STUCCO WORK	205	(3)
ON STUCCO WORK IN DAMP PLACES, AND ON THE DECORATION OF DINING ROOMS	208	(2)
THE DECADENCE OF FRESCO PAINTING	210	(3)
MARBLE FOR USE IN STUCCO	213	(1)
NATURAL COLOURS	214	(1)
CINNABAR AND QUICKSILVER	215	(1)
CINNABAR (continued)	216	(1)
ARTIFICIAL COLOURS. BLACK	217	(1)
BLUE. BURNT OCHRE	218	(1)
WHITE LEAD, VERDIGRIS, AND ARTIFICIAL SANDARACH	219	(1)
PURPLE	219	(1)
SUBSTITUTES FOR PURPLE, YELLOW OCHRE, MALACHITE GREEN, AND INDIGO	220	(5)
BOOK VIII	225	(26)
INTRODUCTION	225	(2)
HOW TO FIND WATER	227	(2)
RAINWATER	229	(3)
VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT WATERS	232	(10)
TESTS OF GOOD WATER	242	(1)
LEVELLING AND LEVELLING INSTRUMENTS	242	(2)
AQUEDUCTS, WELLS, AND CISTERNS	244	(7)
BOOK IX	251	(30)
INTRODUCTION	251	(6)
THE ZODIAC AND THE PLANETS	257	(5)
THE PHASES OF THE MOON	262	(2)
THE COURSE OF THE SUN THROUGH THE TWELVE SIGNS	264	(1)
THE NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS	265	(2)
THE SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS	267	(2)
ASTROLOGY AND WEATHER PROGNOSTICS	269	(1)
THE ANALEMMA AND ITS APPLICATIONS	270	(3)
SUNDIALS AND WATER CLOCKS	273	(8)
BOOK X	281	(40)
INTRODUCTION	281	(2)
MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS	283	(2)
HOISTING MACHINES	285	(5)
THE ELEMENTS OF MOTION	290	(3)
ENGINES FOR RAISING WATER	293	(1)
WATER WHEELS AND WATER MILLS	294	(1)
THE WATER SCREW	295	(2)
THE PUMP OF CTESIBIUS	297	(2)
THE WATER ORGAN	299	(2)
THE HODOMETER	301	(2)
CATAPULTS OR SCORPIONES	303	(2)
BALLISTAE	305	(3)
THE STRINGING AND TUNING OF CATAPULTS	308	(1)
SIEGE MACHINES	309	(2)
THE TORTOISE	311	(1)
HEGETOR'S TORTOISE	312	(3)
MEASURES OF DEFENCE	315	(5)
NOTE ON SCAMILLI IMPARES	320	(1)
INDEX	321