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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c. 80–70 BC, died after c. 15 BC), commonly known as Vitruvius or Vitruvi or Vitruvio, was a Roman author, architect, civil engineer and military engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work De architectura.
His discussion of perfect proportion in architecture and the human body, led to the famous Renaissance drawing by Da Vinci of Vitruvian Man.
By his own description Vitruvius served as an artilleryman, the third class of arms in the military offices. He probably served as a senior officer of artillery in charge of doctores ballistarum (artillery experts) and libratores who actually operated the machines.
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Architect Inigo Jones employs Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.
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- Architecture (nonfiction)
- Engineering (nonfiction)
- Inigo Jones (nonfiction)
- Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)
External links:
- Vitruvius @ Wikipedia