Disocvery then Publication of Vitrivius book (jan 1, 1414 – jan 1, 1486)
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Alberti wrote his book, second book since Vitrivius, upon his
observation of Roman architecture. In due
course, he was followed by other Italian writers
who adopted the same procedure. They
included Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554),
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73),
Andrea Palladio (1508-80), and Vicenzo
Scamozzi (1552-1616). All of them were able to
quote from the work on architecture written by
the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, the
manuscript of which seems to have been
discovered in 1414 and was published in Rome
in 1486. Thus, architectural design in Italy, and
ultimately the rest of Europe, became to some
extent a matter of Roman and Greek precedent.
In Italy, the impatient genius of
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