REVESE BRUTO, Ottavio

by Ottavio Revese Bruto

£10,500 · Offered by Sokol Books

First and only edition of Ottavio Revese Bruto s (Brendola 1585-1648) architectural textbook, which shows how to make and use an archisesto . The archisesto is a proportional compass invented by the author, who based his invention on Galileo Galilei s geometrical and military compass, the sector. The name archisesto comes from the words archi[tettura] and sesto (compass). This work is a do-it-yourself aid for architects; the tool became quite popular between C17th and C18th, especially in Britain, where it was known as the architectonic sector. A nobleman from the area of Vicenza, Revese Bruto was educated at the prestigious Accademia Olimpica, where he had the opportunity to study the legacy of some of the greatest Italian architects of the Renaissance, such as Andrea Palladio, Sebastiano Serlio, and Vincenzo Scamozzi. To mention but one, the triumphal arch of Campo Marzo (destroyed in 1938) was among his most important achievements, and his 1620 s fine engraving of the stage of the Teatro Olimpico became soon a widespread and well-known illustration of the most celebrated theatre of Vicenza. His interests spanned from theatrical art to the technique of perspective. He is given as the author of treatises on these subjects, even though Archisesto appears to be his only published work. As the title has it, the architectonic sector s aim is to facilitate the mathematics behind the design of the five orders of architecture: the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Composite, and the Corinthian

• Binding: Hardcover

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