Brill's Companion to the Reception of Vitruvius: 27 (Brill's Companions to Classical Reception)

Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Vitruvius: 27 (Brill’s Companions to Classical Reception)
by: Professor Ingrid D Rowland (Contributor),Sinclair Bell(Contributor)
Publisher:Brill
Publication Date: 28 Mar. 2024
Language:English
Print Length:748 pages
ISBN-10:9004270671
ISBN-13:9789004270671
Book Description
As a master of his discipline, the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius has been read widely for centuries. This collection of essays by an international team of experts investigates his influence and reception in ideas, artistic forms, and building practices from antiquity to modern day. The stories of influence told in these pages suggest that it is the unbridgeable gulf between the Vitruvian text and surviving monuments that makes reading the Ten Books so endlessly compelling. The contributors to this volume offer their own, original readings, which are organized into the five sections: transmission; translation; reception; practice; and Vitruvian topics.
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As a master of his discipline, the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius has been read widely for centuries. This collection of essays by an international team of experts investigates his influence and reception in ideas, artistic forms, and building practices from antiquity to modern day. The stories of influence told in these pages suggest that it is the unbridgeable gulf between the Vitruvian text and surviving monuments that makes reading the Ten Books so endlessly compelling. The contributors to this volume offer their own, original readings, which are organized into the five sections: transmission; translation; reception; practice; and Vitruvian topics.