Ten Books on Architecture

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engineering
urban planning
materials
proportion
theory of architecture
temple construction
machines
orders of architecture
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Ancient_Rome
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Emperor_Augustus
gptkbp:firstPublished 1486
gptkbp:genre gptkb:architecture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ten Books on Architecture
gptkbp:impact standard reference for classical architecture
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gptkb:Leon_Battista_Alberti
Renaissance architecture
gptkbp:languageOfWork gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:notableFor earliest surviving treatise on architecture
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 10
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:De_architectura
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:publicationDate circa 15 BC
gptkbp:structure ten books (chapters)
gptkbp:subject gptkb:architecture
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Daniele_Barbaro
gptkb:Cesare_Cesariano
gptkb:Giocondo
English translation by Joseph Gwilt
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