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 | Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture Author: Indra Kagis McEwen Publisher: MIT Press Year: 2002 ISBN 0262134152
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ArchitectureWeek Description An examination of the significance Vitruvius's "De Architectura" for its own time. Vitruvius's aim was to present his discipline as the means for making the body of his patron Augustus Caesar congruent with the imagined body of the world he would rule. Amazon Customer Average Rating: 
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