Di Lucio Vitruvio Pollione De architectura Libri Dece traducti de latino in vulgare affigurati: commentati: & con mirando ordine insigniti

Marcus Pollio Vitruvius|Cesare Cesariano|Benedetto Giovio|Bono Mauro|Cesare Cesariano|Agostino Gallo|Luigi Pirovano|Gottardo da Ponte

1521 · Printed book with woodcut illustrations · Drawings and Prints

The publication of Vitruvius’s classical text De architectura had a tremendous impact on Renaissance architectural theory. While many printed editions appeared from the late fifteenth century onward, Cesariano’s was the first to include modern commentary and significant illustrations. The images promote an idealized vision of space defined by mathematical principles of harmonic order and proportion.

Artist

Marcus Pollio Vitruvius|Cesare Cesariano|Benedetto Giovio|Bono Mauro|Cesare Cesariano|Agostino Gallo|Luigi Pirovano|Gottardo da Ponte

Date

1521

Medium

Printed book with woodcut illustrations

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941