The Ten Books on Architecture

THE DIRECTIONS OF THE STREETS; WITH REMARKS ON THE WINDS 24 THE SITES FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS 31 BOOK II INTRODUCTION 35 THE ORIGIN OF THE DWELLING HOUSE 38 ON THE PRIMORDIAL SUBSTANCE ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICISTS 42 BRICK 42 SAND 44 LIME 45 POZZOLANA 46 STONE 49 METHODS OF BUILDING WALLS 51 TIMBER 58 HIGHLAND AND LOWLAND FIR 64 BOOK III INTRODUCTION 69 ON SYMMETRY: IN TEMPLES AND IN THE HUMAN BODY 72 CLASSIFICATION OF TEMPLES 75 THE PROPORTIONS OF INTERCOLUMNIATIONS AND OF COLUMNS 78 THE FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES OF TEMPLES 86 PROPORTIONS OF THE BASE, CAPITALS, AND ENTABLATURE IN THE IONIC ORDER 90 BOOK IV INTRODUCTION 101 THE ORIGINS OF THE THREE ORDERS, AND THE PROPORTIONS OF THE CORINTHIAN CAPITAL 102 THE ORNAMENTS OF THE ORDERS 107 PROPORTIONS OF DORIC TEMPLES 109 THE CELLA AND PRONAOS 114 HOW THE TEMPLE SHOULD FACE 116 THE DOORWAYS OF TEMPLES 117 TUSCAN TEMPLES 120 CIRCULAR TEMPLES AND OTHER VARIETIES 122 ALTARS 125 BOOK V INTRODUCTION 129 THE FORUM AND BASILICA 131 THE TREASURY, PRISON, AND SENATE HOUSE 137 THE THEATRE: ITS SITE, FOUNDATIONS, AND ACOUSTICS 137 HARMONICS 139 SOUNDING VESSELS IN THE THEATRE 143 PLAN OF THE THEATRE 146