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PeristilThe sequencing of circles congruent with a (divided) column diameter – a visualization of the Vitruvian concept of a fixed module – is expanded by the inclusion, in the same scale, of geometric figures intrinsic to the ad triangulum method.
Duško Čikara
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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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Peace at the Lily. The De Franceschi section in the stockbook of Bernardino Giunti [PDF]
, 2018 This contribution investigates the catalogue of publications by Francesco De Franceschi, printer, publisher and bookseller between 1561 and 1599, and his heirs, who took over his business until 1624, as recorded in the stockbook of Bernardino Giunti ...
Bruni, Flavia
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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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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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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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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 489-506, June 2026.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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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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Science, Art and Geometrical Imagination [PDF]
, 2009 From the geocentric, closed world model of Antiquity to the wraparound universe models of relativistic cosmology, the parallel history of space representations in science and art illustrates the fundamental role of geometric imagination in innovative ...
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