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The Origins Of The Dwelling House Chapter 1 Analysis

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There is a pun title for Book two chapter one The Origins of the Dwelling House by Vitruvius. Vitruvius is not repeating himself but he is saying that the house is a place used to ponder ideas also suggesting that there is a difference between a caveman living in a hut and a civilized man living in a well-constructed house.( It is no surprise that Vitruvius’s ideas were interesting to scholastic architects of the Renaissance, like Filippo Brunelleschi ). Vitruvius continues to explain how this dwelling house began with humans discovery of fire because the warmth of the fire brought people together. And as humans began to gather around the fire and socialize, they developed speech and shared ideas. Furthermore, Vitruvius continues to explain
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