Vitruvius Quote

This book does not show of what architecture is composed, but treats of the origin of the building art, how it was fostered, and how it made progress, step by step, until it reached its present perfection.

Chapter I, Sec. 8 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book II

This book does not show of what architecture is composed, but treats of the origin of the building art, how it was fostered, and how it made...

This book does not show of what architecture is composed, but treats of the origin of the building art, how it was fostered, and how it made...

This book does not show of what architecture is composed, but treats of the origin of the building art, how it was fostered, and how it made...

This book does not show of what architecture is composed, but treats of the origin of the building art, how it was fostered, and how it made...