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...
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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.
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)