The mask and the model

Author

Rosenfeld, Myra Nan

Document type

Compte rendu de livre

Language

English

Source

Design book review. 1994, Num. 34, p. 41-43, 2 ill.

ISSN

0737-5344

Abstract (en)

Carpo analyzes Sebastiano Serlio's Extraordinario libro, which was one of the first architectural publications printed with engraved illustrations during the 16th c. The treatise included engravings of 50 portals (the first 30 are rusticated, the second 20 are described as "delicate" by Serlio). According to the reviewer, Carpo interprets Serlio's descriptions to mean that the rusticated decoration is similar to a mask that may be removed to reveal a portal of correct Vitruvian proportions.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italy
• Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554
• Architectural theory
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Extraordinario libro
• Portals
• Representation
• Writings
• Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio), 1st c. B.C.
• Influence
• Treatises

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italie
• Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554
• Théorie de l'architecture
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Extraordinario libro
• Portail
• Représentation
• Ecrits
• Vitruve (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio), 1~e~r s. av. J.C.
• Influence
• Traité

Review of

19960101-00282315

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960101-00282316

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