Architecture - works from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek's manuscripts and prints presented in bavarikon on the subject of architecture, the art of building in the broadest sense, deal with craftsmanship as well as aesthetics, but also with theoretical works. The Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius already describes grace or beauty as a basic principle in his manuscript De Architectura libri decem, which is represented here in the form of a Parisian print from the year 1547 (Res/2 A.lat.b. 800). During the Renaissance, a number of influential treatises on architecture were written in Italy. Didactic approaches were pursued by Sebastiano Serlio (Cod.icon. 189 and 190) in the sixth and eighth books on architecture. Theoretical treatises are sometimes not illustrated at all or only with technical explanatory schematic drawings. The situation is different with rich and often magnificently designed architectural works on civil engineering, urban planning, garden architecture, church and private interior decoration. The handwritten lists of gravestones by the Bishop of Freising, Johann Franz Eckher v. Kapfing (ruled 1695-1727) are due to his historiographical interest (Cgm 2267(1 to 4). The estates of renowned architects, such as Leo von Klenze (1784-1864), often contain magnificently designed drafts and plans.

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