Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573)

REGOLA DELLI CINQUE ORDINI D`ARCHITETTURA

Rome, Francesco Villamena, 1617
Regola delli cinque ordini d`architettura / di M. Iacomo Barozzio da Vignola. Libro primo, et originale. Frontispiece with Vignola`s portrait and XXXVI numbered pages, in Latin (printed on one side). Binded with: Alcune opere d`architettura di Iacomo Barotio da Vignola / Raccolte et poste in luce da Francesco Villamena. Unpaged. Book format 2°, 40,5x26 cm. Copper engravings on handmade paper with watermark, print area 34,2x19,8 cm. Hardcover parchment binding with laces. Cardboard case. Regola delli cinque ordini d`architettura is a work by the Renaissance architect Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, widely spread across Europe until the 19th century and one of the most successful texts on architecture. In this treatise, he developed the theory of classical architecture, focusing on the classical column orders. He defined the form of the Tuscan order, which was previously only known from Vitruvius` description. These theories were further developed by Andrea Palladio and influenced not only Renaissance but also Baroque and Neoclassical architecture in the following centuries. The text is in the form of a textbook and was used in architectural schools until the 18th century. The author established a fundamental rule in this work - the module for all column orders, derived from the height and radius of each column. Condition restored.