Vitruvius Teutsch nembliuchen des allern namhafftigsten und hocherfarnesten römischen architecti und kunstereichen werck oder bawmeisters, Marci Vitruvij Pollionis zehen bucher von der architectur und künstleichen bawen
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Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions
11 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 2 3/16 in. (30.2 x 21.2 x 5.5 cm) Box: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 2 7/16 in. (31.1 x 22.6 x 6.2 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number
41.100.213
Art Historical Context
This remarkable 1548 printed book, *Vitruvius Te*, brings the ancient Roman architectural treatise *De Architectura by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio—written around 30–15 BCE—into the German-speaking world. Translated and edited by Gualtherenius Rivius and published by Johann Petre in Nuremberg, it reproduces all ten books on architecture, engineering, and planning. As one of the few surviving texts from antiquity on these subjects, Vitruvi profoundly shaped Renaissance ideals of proportion, symmetry, and utility (firmitas, utilitas, venustas), influencing masters like Alberti and Palladio. This edit...
About the Artist
Georg Pencz|Peter Flötner|Gualther Hermenius Rivius|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius|Virgil Solis|Hans Brosamer|Hans Springinklee|Johann Petreius|Ludwig Krug · 1490–1550
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