VITRUVIUS

Meaning of VITRUVIUS in English

Pronunciation: v ə - ' trü-v ē - ə s

Function: biographical name

fl 1st cent. B.C. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Rom. architect & engineer

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VITRUVIUS — biographical name flourished 1st century B.C. Marcus ~ Pollio Roman architect & engineer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VITRUVIUS — in full Marcus Vitruvius Pollio flourished 1st century BC Roman architect, engineer, and author of the celebrated treatise De architectura …
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VITRUVIUS — biographical name flourished 1st century B.C. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Roman architect & engineer
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VITRUVIUS — flourished 1st century BC in full Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Roman architect, engineer, and author of the celebrated treatise De architectura …
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VITRUVIUS — Vitruvius BrE AmE vɪ ˈtruːv i‿əs və-
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VITRUVIUS — v. in full Marcus Vitruvius Pollio flourished 1st century BC Roman architect, engineer, and author of the celebrated treatise De …
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VITRUVIUS — Витрувий
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VITRUVIUS POLLIO — — Vitruvian , adj. /vi trooh"vee euhs pol"ee oh'/ Marcus , fl. 1st century B.C., Roman architect, engineer, and author.
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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE — Style of architecture, reflecting the rebirth of Classical culture, that originated in Florence in the early 15th century and spread …
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MARCUS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Marcus Cocceius Nerva Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Agrippa …
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INTERCOLUMNIATION — In architecture, the space between columns that support an arch or entablature . Classical, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture used a …
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ACADEMIC — I. |akə|demik, -ēk adjective also ac·a·dem·i·cal -ə̇kəl Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French académique (influenced in meaning by académie …
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VITRUVIAN — və̇.ˈtrüvēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Marcus Vitruvi us Pollio, 1st century B.C. Roman architect and engineer + English -an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VITRUVIAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.
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VITRUVIAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.
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VITRUVIAN SCROLL — a scroll forming a stylized wave pattern. Also called running dog, Vitruvian wave, wave scroll . [ 1830-40; named after …
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RENAISSANCE — /ren'euh sahns", -zahns", -sahonns", ren"euh sahns', -zahns', -sahonns'/ ; esp. Brit. /ri nay"seuhns/ , n. 1. the activity, spirit, or …
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VITRUVIAN — adj of or pertaining to vitruvius, an ancient roman architect.
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THEATRE — also spelled theater in architecture, a building or space in which a performance may be given before an audience. The …
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SUNDIAL — earliest of the three types of timekeeping devices, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow …
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RUNNING-DOG PATTERN — in classical architecture, decorative motif consisting of a repeated stylized convoluted form, something like the profile of a breaking wave. …
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PERSPECTIVE SCENERY — in theatre, scenery and the scene design technique that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface, creating an illusion of …
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PERIAKTOS — ( (Greek: "revolving"), ) plural Periaktoi, ancient theatrical device by which a scene or change of scene was indicated. It …
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ORDER — also called order of architecture in any of several styles of classical or Neoclassical architecture that are defined by the …
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ODEUM — (Latin: concert hall, from Greek oideion, school of music), comparatively small theatre of ancient Greece and Rome, in which musicians …
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FORUM — in Roman cities in antiquity, multipurpose, centrally located open area that was surrounded by public buildings and colonnades and that …
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ELEVATOR — also called Lift, car that moves in a vertical shaft to carry passengers or freight between the levels of a …
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PALLADIANISM — style of architecture based on the writings and buildings of the humanist and theorist from Vicenza, Andrea Palladio (150880), perhaps …
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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE — Style of architecture, reflecting the rebirth of Classical culture, that originated in Florence in the early 15th century and spread …
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