Pliny the Elder: an Early Reader of Vitruvius

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Leibniz’ Reflexion von Vitruvs Ichnographia und Scaenographia 13
6. Vitruvius and the Re-Invention of Classical Theatre Architecture 19
7. Vitruvius’s Image of the Universe: Architecture and Mechanics 49
8. Pliny the Elder: an Early Reader of Vitruvius 65
9. Vitruv, Vitruvianismus und die Anfänge der Renaissance-Architektur in Italien 83
10. „The Architectonic Book“ 101
11. Polyperspectival Terminology in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 113
12. Materiali per la ricostruzione della Villa di Poggioreale a Napoli 121
13. „Fuggirò la lunghezza delle parole“. Andrea Palladio und Daniele Barbaro. Wissen, Kompetenz und vernünftiges Handeln 133
14. How much Vitruvianism is Left in Vincenzo Scamozzi’s Architectural Theory? 157
15. Da Ercolano a Pompei: declino di Vitruvio nella cultura neoclassica napoletana 195
16. Index of Names 205
17. Subject Index 211