Serlio

British  

/ ˈserʎo /

noun

1. Sebastiano 1475–1554, Italian architect and painter, best known for his treatise Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective (1537–75), the first to set out the principles of classical architecture and to give rules for their application

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One side of the Cour de la Fontaine, that toward the Jardin Anglais, is terminated by a pavilion of the time of Louis XV.; the other, formerly decorated with statues is attributed to Serlio.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

According to the drawing of Serlio, these beams were not massive, but consisted of brass plates riveted together into square pipes—a principle frequently applied by modern engineers on a larger scale in building bridges, etc.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The old builders knew the value of a knowledge of perspective, and, as in the case of Serlio, Vignola, and others, prefaced their treatises on architecture with chapters on geometry and perspective.

From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by Storey, G. A. (George Adolphus)

We are told that Corneille Floris introduced Italian ornamentation and grotesque borders; that Pierre Coech, architect and painter, adopted and popularised the designs of Vitruvius and Serlio.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick

Up aloft François held a conference with his beloved workman and, descending, shouted back the words: "You understand, Maître Serlio; let it be as you suggest."

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche