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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Example Sentences

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)

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

Serlio, refusing, or debating the price, was cast aside for the Frenchman, Lescot, whose plan was adopted.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

Florence had summoned the architect Sebastiano Serlio and the engineer Pierfrancesco d'Urbino and had sent Francesco da San Gallo and Amadio d'Alberto to examine the fortifications of Prato, Pistoia, Pisa and Livorno.

From Michelangelo by Rolland, Romain

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)