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  1. Vitruvian man
    Rome under construction
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York, NY

    This work reconsiders the Roman architect Vitruvius and his treatise, 'On Architecture'. The ideal, 'Vitruvian' man is not simply an architect in the narrow sense. He is a builder of Augustus' legacy, and the archetype for a distinctly imperial ethos... more

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    Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kunstbibliothek
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    This work reconsiders the Roman architect Vitruvius and his treatise, 'On Architecture'. The ideal, 'Vitruvian' man is not simply an architect in the narrow sense. He is a builder of Augustus' legacy, and the archetype for a distinctly imperial ethos of civic expertise.

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780190697013
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: FX 186505
    Series: Oxford scholarship online
    Subjects: Architecture; Vitruvius Pollio ; De architectura; Architecture ; Early works to 1800
    Other subjects: Vitruvius Pollio: De architectura
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 251 Seiten), illustrations (black and white).
    Notes:

    Due to be issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 19, 2019)