Download or read book The Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt written by Villard (de Honnecourt) and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1982 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most treasured documents in art history, the Sketchbook is the work of a medieval draftsman, presumably an architect, who recorded his observations, his projects, and his solutions to various problems in construction in a series of annotated sketches. His drawings reveal a knowledge of architecture, sculpture, carpentry, and masonry; and his comments reflect a lively intelligence and discerning eye, whether his subject was roofing a vaulted chapel, designing a brass handwarmer, or building a perpetual-motion machine. This new edition contains all of the drawings and fresh translations of the captions.