How Long to Read Vitruvius

How Long Does it Take to Read Vitruvius?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 50 minutes to read Vitruvius by Vitruvius

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

De Architectura, also known as "On Architecture" or "Ten Books on Architecture", is considered the first book on architectural theory and a major source on the canon of classical architecture as it is the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity. It was written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building projects. It contains a variety of information on Greek and Roman buildings, as well as prescriptions for the planning and design of military camps, cities, and structures both large (aqueducts, buildings, baths, harbours) and small (machines, measuring devices, instruments). Vitruvius: De Architectura (Ten Books on Architecture) is organised in 10 books: Town planning, architecture or civil engineering in general, and the qualifications required of an architect or the civil engineer Building materials Temples and the orders of architecture (includes the section on body proportions that led to da Vinci's drawing) continuation of book III Civil buildings Domestic buildings Pavements and decorative plasterwork Water supplies and aqueducts Sciences influencing architecture - geometry, measurement, astronomy, sundial Use and construction of machines - Roman siege engines, water mills, drainage machines, Roman technology, hoisting, pneumatics The books are completed with magnificient illustrations by Andrea Palladio and Sébastien Leclerc.

How long is Vitruvius?

Vitruvius by Vitruvius is 410 pages long, and a total of 102,500 words.

This makes it 138% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Vitruvius Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 20 minutes to read Vitruvius aloud.

What Reading Level is Vitruvius?

Vitruvius is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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