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Introduzione. La prospettiva come tema vitruviano = Introduction. Perspective as a Vitruvian Theme
Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte, 2019 Con la diffusione della prospettiva lineare, l’architettura divenne uno dei principali temi di studio degli artisti rinascimentali. La necessità di rappresentare architetture credibili impose ai pittori di imparare a disegnare come gli architetti ...
Filippo Camerota
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The Vitruvius' Tale of Archimedes and the Golden Crown [PDF]
, 2011 The paper discusses the tale that we can find in "The Architecture" by Vitruvius, on a method used by Archimedes to determine the percentage of gold and silver in a crown.
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
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Una nota su Albrecht Dürer e Vitruvio = A Note on Albrecht Dürer and Vitruvius
Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte, 2019 In questo saggio l’autore propone una riconsiderazione globale del rapporto di Albrecht Dürer con il De Architectura di Vitruvio, prestando costante attenzione alle fonti rimaste.
Giovanni Maria Fara
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The enigma of Vitruvian resonating vases and the relevance of the concept for today [PDF]
, 2008 The clarity of sound within Greek or Roman theatres (without any form of enhancement) will be impressive to any visitor. The seats arranged in curved rows around the circular orchestra form large horizontal reflecting surfaces.
Godman, R.
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This essay demonstrates how a gender‐informed, more‐than‐human lens can provide new ways to analyse how the role of a queen in forestry management was conceptualised by sixteenth‐century professional men. It explores these ideas as they are presented in a work published by Guillaume Martin, Lieutenant General of the forests and waterways of ...
Susan Broomhall
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On the origin of the architect: Architects and xenía in the ancient Greek theatre
Interstices, 2016 Ubiquitous in ancient Greek culture, the ethical principle of xenía may broadly translate as hospitality to strangers, doing so through taking interpersonal, political, and architectural form.
Simon Weir
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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I saperi dell’architetto nella propaganda augustea: Vitruvio, Creta e la medicina
Erga-Logoi, 2020 The Vitruvian De architectura, treatise in ten books dedicated to Augustus, documents the author’s perfect adherence to the ideological contents of the Augustan propaganda – which founded much of its success not only on territorial conquests but also on ...
Margherita Cassia
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Vitruvius’ idea on character: somelessons for design students [PDF]
, 2014 Ponencia presentada a Session 3: Educación y arquitectura en las universidades / Architectural education in the ...
Asfour, Khaled
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