Scamozzi, Vincenzo. L'idea della architettura universale. Venetiis: Expensis Auctoris, 1615.
文森佐﹒斯卡莫齊《普遍建築理念》
威尼斯：Expensis Auctoris，1615

This book consists of various chapters on key stages of design and construction, and includes diagrams of the different types of classicizing columns, porticos and other ornaments commonly used in the Renaissance. The book was very popular in its day and contributed to the widespread popularity of neoclassicism in the seventeenth century.

The title page features an elaborate classicizing portico (entrance to a temple) replete with Corinthian columns and a Latin inscription that reads: “May no one ignorant of the liberal arts enter here”. This frames a portrait of Scamozzi and to either side are represented statues of two women who personify ‘theory’ and ‘experience’, the prerequisites for designing and constructing fine buildings.

《普遍建築理念》主要論述設計和建造的關鍵階段，包含文藝復興時期常用的各類古典柱式、門廊和裝飾的圖示。這本書在當時非常受歡迎，並促成了新古典主義在十七世紀的廣泛流行。

此書扉頁畫有一道古典門廊，科林斯式柱上書銘文「不知人文者勿入」；門廊之中是斯卡莫齊的肖像，兩側分別立著兩位代表「理論」與「經驗」的女性塑像，正是設計建造精美建築的前提。