Propriety is that perfection of style which comes when a work is authoritatively constructed on approved principles. It arises from prescription, from… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
The fact is that pictures which are unlike reality ought not be approved, and even if they are technically fine, this is… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Bricks will be most serviceable if made two years before using; for they cannot dry thoroughly in less time. When fresh undried… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Leave a cavity behind the [wall] facings, and on the inside build walls two feet thick, made of red dimension stone or burnt brick… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Burn shavings and splinters of pitch pine, and when they turn to charcoal, put them out, and pound them into mortar with size. This… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn the leaves begin to wither and the trees, taking up their sap from the earth through… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Astronomers have a common ground for discussion with musicians in the harmony of the stars and musical concords in tetrads and triads of the… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
The difference between "machines" and "engines" is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
The [engineer] should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
All these soft kinds [of stone] have the advantage that they can be easily worked as soon as they have been taken from the… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Apollo at Delphi, through the oracular utterance of his priestess, pronounced Socrates the wisest of men. Of him it is related that he said… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Music, also, the architect ought to understand so that he may have knowledge of the canonical and mathematical theory, and besides be able to… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
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