This architect's influence in Britain is shown by the fact that Colen Campbell and William Adam both named books after him.
This architect's influence in Britain is shown by the fact that Colen Campbell and William Adam both named books after him. He lends his name to a wavy moulding pattern also called the running dog pattern. Daniele Barbaro published an influential commentary on this man's architectural theories. This man famously said that a building should have the virtues of solidity, utility and beauty. His writings are the source of the story of (*) Archimedes and the bathtub. He greatly influenced Le Corbusier's Modulor system and Alberti's architectural theories. His magnum opus is the ten-volume De architectura. For 10 points, name this Roman architect who inspired Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of an ideally proportioned man.
This architect's influence in Britain is shown by the fact that Colen Campbell and William Adam both named books after him.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio 