VITRUVIUS
De Architecture
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (1492).
Index
Book I:
Preface
Chapter 1: On the training of architects
Chapter 2: On what things architecture consists
Chapter 3: On the parts of architecture
Chapter 4: On the salubrity of sites
Chapter 5: On the foundations of walls and the establishment of towns
Chapter 6: Respecting the division of the works which are inside the walls and their
                arrangement so that the noxious breath of the winds may be avoided
Chapter 7: On the sites of public buildings
Book II:
Preface
Chapter 1: The origin of building
Chapter 2: On the principles of things
Chapter 3: On bricks
Chapter 4: On sand
Chapter 5: On lime
Chapter 6: On pozzolana
Chapter 7: On stone
Chapter 8: On walling
Chapter 9: On timber
Chapter 10: Highland and lowland fir
Book III:
Preface
Chapter 1: The planning of temples
Chapter 2: On the kinds of temples
Chapter 3: On the elevation of temples
Chapter 4: On the foundation of temples
Chapter 5: On the Ionic order
Book IV:
Preface
Chapter 1: On the Corinthian capital
Chapter 2: On the details of the orders
Chapter 3: On the Doric order
Chapter 4: On the interior of the temple and the pronaos
Chapter 5: On the aspect of a temple
Chapter 6: On the doors of temples
Chapter 7: On the Tuscan style
Chapter 8: On circular temples
Chapter 9: On altars
Book V:
Preface
Chapter 1: On the forum and basilca
Chapter 2: On the treasury, prison and curia
Chapter 3: On the site of a theatre
Chapter 4: On harmony
Chapter 5: On sounding vases in theatres
Chapter 6: On the planning of theatres
Chapter 7: On Greek theatres
Chapter 8: On acoustics
Chapter 9: On colonnades and passages behind the scenes
Chapter 10: On baths
Chapter 11: On the palaestra
Chapter 12: On harbours and shipyards
Book VI:
Preface
Chapter 1: On climate as determining the style of the house
Chapter 2: Symmetry, and modifications in it to suit the site
Chapter 3: Proportions of the principal rooms
Chapter 4: The proper exposures of the different rooms
Chapter 5: How the rooms should be suited to the station of the owner
Chapter 6: the farmhouse
Chapter 7: The greek house
Chapter 8: On foundations and substructures
Book VII:
Preface
Chapter 1: Floors
Chapter 2: The slaking of lime for stucco
Chapter 3: Vaultings and stucco work
Chapter 4: On stucco work in damp places, and on the decoration of dining rooms
Chapter 5: The decadence of fresco painting
Chapter 6: Marble for use in stucco
Chapter 7: Natural colours
Chapter 8: Cinnabar and quicksilver
Chapter 9: Cinnabar (continued)
Chapter 10: Artificial colours. black
Chapter 11: Blue. burnt ochre
Chapter 12: White lead, verdigris, and artificial sandarach
Chapter 13: Purple
Chapter 14: Substitutes for purple, yellow ochre, malachite green, and indigo
Book VIII:
Preface
Chapter 1: How to find water
Chapter 2: Rainwater
Chapter 3: Various properties of different waters
Chapter 4: Tests of good water
Chapter 5: Levelling and levelling instruments
Chapter 6: Aqueducts, wells, and cisterns
Book IX:
Preface
Chapter 1: The zodiac and the planets
Chapter 2: The phases of the moon
Chapter 3: The course of the sun through the twelve signs
Chapter 4: The northern constellations
Chapter 5: The southern constellations
Chapter 6: Astrology and weather prognostics
Chapter 7: The analemma and its applications
Chapter 8: Sundials and water clocks
Book X:
Preface
Chapter 1: Machines and implements
Chapter 2: Hoisting machines
Chapter 3: The elements of motion
Chapter 4: Engines for raising water
Chapter 5: Water wheels and water mills
Chapter 6: The water screw
Chapter 7: The pump of ctesibius
Chapter 8: The water organ
Chapter 9: The hodometer
Chapter 10: Catapults or scorpiones
Chapter 11: Ballistae
Chapter 12: The stringing and tuning of catapults
Chapter 13: Siege machines
Chapter 14: The tortoise
Chapter 15: Hegetor's tortoise
Chapter 16: Measures of defence
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