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

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

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)

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

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

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