Abstract
Until the beginning of 20th century the axis around which good Architecture rotated was based on Western Classical and Traditional Architecture. After the First World War a new paradigm emerged with Modernism and, through variations, has become the dominant way of understanding and designing new architecture. However, since the last decades of 20th century there has been a return to the origins without denying the value of Modern Architecture. Although it might be easy to think that professionals and academics have almost lost their capacity of understanding Classical and Traditional Architecture as a design tool rather than just a heritage to admire, thanks to digital collections, it has never been so easy for the architect to get in touch with the main source of inspiration of the Western World.
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De Architectura Libri Decem enjoyed hundreds of printings since 15th century. A great selection of editions of his book dating from 1497 to 1909 can be found at Erara.
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For a comprehensive review on Vitruvian Medieval manuscripts, see [2].
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De Re Aedificatoria was initially written without illustrations resembling the absence of illustrations in Vitruvius. The first illustrated edition was published in 1550. Although reprinted several times, Alberti’s treatise was more a theoretical and philosophical work for connoisseurs rather than a practical book for architects and builders. See [1].
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Although Ledoux and Boullée are considered nowadays amongst the theorists who laid the foundations of Modern Architecture, their works were often considered too extravagant in their own time and enjoyed little relevance until the beginning of 20th century. However, Ledoux wrote and published his own treatise. See [7].
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Funes, P.A. (2018). Use of Digital Collections as a Source of Architectural Treatises: Old Sources for the New Classical Architect. In: Amoruso, G. (eds) Putting Tradition into Practice: Heritage, Place and Design. INTBAU 2017. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57937-5_17
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