Vitruvius Without Text information design and Roth’s protest

and Roth’s protest

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and featuring lengthy texts by international experts

Leah Thomas

Vitruvius Without Text information design and Roth’s protestDe architectura, written by Vitruvius in the first century BCE, is revered as the first treatise on architectural theory. Since its Renaissance resurrection, the enigmatic text has been adapted, refined, and redefined in subsequent iterations. Vitruvius Without Text bypasses critical interpretations to focus on the material history of the printed editions that appeared throughout Europe. It surveys over 100 editions from 1486 to the present, tracing