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Sebastiano Serlio
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Sebastiano Serlio was an Italian Mannerist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical orders of architecture in his influent
Fanciful portrait of Serlio (print by Vincenzo Raggio)
Fanciful portrait of Serlio (print by Vincenzo Raggio)
Serlio's model of a church façade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into the 18th century.
Serlio's model of a church façade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into the 18th century.
A page from the seventh book
A page from the seventh book
Two pages from the eighth book
Two pages from the eighth book
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
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Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th-century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuit
Sebastiano Serlio
…advise on the construction and decoration of the Château of Fontainebleau, where a team of Italian designers and craftsmen were assembled (including Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and Benvenuto Cellini). Serlio took several private commissions, but the only one that has survived in any recognizable way is the Chateau of Ancy-le-Franc…
Vignola Regola 1562
Vignola Regola 1562
The five orders, engraving from Vignola's Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura
The five orders, engraving from Vignola's Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura
Church of the Gesù, Rome, also named Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the "Argentina"
Church of the Gesù, Rome, also named Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the "Argentina"
Cloister of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum is traditionally attributed to Vignola but completed after his death. Ten arc
Cloister of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum is traditionally attributed to Vignola but completed after his death. Ten arches on the long sides and seven on the short are sustained by pilasters with Tuscan-style ornamentation that rise from high plinths. A simple frieze with smooth triglyphs and metopes separates the lower from the upper levels.