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ラテン語:''De architectura'' ((英語:On architecture), published as ''Ten Books on Architecture'') is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building projects. The work is one of the most important sources of modern knowledge of Roman building methods, as well as the planning and design of structures, both large (aqueducts, buildings, baths, harbours) and small (machines, measuring devices, instruments). It is also the prime source of the famous story of Archimedes and his bath-time discovery. ==In summary== Probably written around 15 BC,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.vitruvius-pollio.com/ )〕 it is the only contemporary source on classical architecture to have survived, except for the loss of all original illustrations.〔Reiff, Daniel D.. ''Houses from books: treatises, pattern books, and catalogs in American architecture, 1738-1950 : a history and guide''. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. 5. Print.〕 Divided into ten sections or "books", it covers almost every aspect of Roman architecture. The books break down as: ''De architectura'' – Ten Books on Architecture Roman architects were skilled in engineering, art, and craftsmanship combined. Vitruvius was very much of this type, a fact reflected in ''De architectura''. He covered a wide variety of subjects he saw as touching on architecture. This included many aspects that may seem irrelevant to modern eyes, ranging from mathematics to astronomy, meteorology, and medicine. In the Roman conception, architecture needed to take into account everything touching on the physical and intellectual life of man and his surroundings. Vitruvius, thus, deals with many theoretical issues concerning architecture. For instance, in Book of ''De architectura'', he advises architects working with bricks to familiarise themselves with pre-Socratic theories of matter so as to understand how their materials will behave. Book relates the abstract geometry of Plato to the everyday work of the surveyor. Astrology is cited for its insights into the organisation of human life, while astronomy is required for the understanding of sundials. Likewise, Vitruvius cites Ctesibius of Alexandria and Archimedes for their inventions, Aristoxenus (Aristotle's apprentice) for music, Agatharchus for theatre, and Varro for architecture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「De architectura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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