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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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 Frederick Litchfield

The pure Italian style, as it is sometimes called, was introduced into France probably by Serlio, and the result of its first influence is shown in the Louvre, begun in 1546.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

Bramante used to boast that he meant to raise the Pantheon in the air; and the plan, as preserved for us by Serlio, shows that the cupola would have been constructed after that type.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds

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 Romain Rolland

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 Blanche McManus