Sebastiano Serlio on Architecture, Volume 1: Books I-V of "Tutte l`opere d`architettura et prospetiva" [Hardcover]

Sebastiano Serlio (Author), Mr. Vaughan Hart (Translator), Mr. Peter Hicks (Translator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0300062869 | ISBN-13: 978-0300062861 | Publication Date: September 25, 1996

Sebastiano Serlio was one of the most influential architectural writers of the 16th century. This work brings together five volumes of his treatise on the principles of architecture, which deal with the rules of geometry and perspective, and attempt to codify the rules of design.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

Product Details

• Hardcover: 524 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press (September 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300062869
• ISBN-13: 978-0300062861
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable Italian Renaissance architecture book., September 15, 1998

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This review is from: Sebastiano Serlio on Architecture, Volume 1: Books I-V of "Tutte l`opere d`architettura et prospetiva" (Hardcover)

This first ever translation in English from the original Italian is accompanied plates from Serlio's first editions. Thus it brings for the first time originals of Serlio's remarkable oeuvre to attention of the modern era. Through these five books Serlio had an enormous influence on the Renaissance and Baroque architecture of Northern Europe and the translators Hart and Hicks really bring this most self-effacing of Italian renaissance architects to life. A must for all those fascinated by the Italian renaissance!