Sebastiano Serlio e la Sicilia. Modelli per porte e finestre

Abstract

Serlio and Sicily. Models for Portals and Windows. More than once historiography has highlighted the role played in Sicilian architecture by Sebastiano Serlio's books. We deal with a clear phenomenon wich is recognizable in many outlines, sometimes in early cases. The spread of these books was synchronous and encompassed the whole half of the 16th century. It seem, from the architectural rsults, that a greater success was obtained by the Libri III and IV, and by the Extraordinario. Withing few decades, many workshop in all Sicily began to reproduced architectural elements based on them; above all gates and windows (the series of works here displayed represents just a selection). The fortune of Serlio's models has deeply modified the portal's motif managing to combine those qualities which best represent the wish of modernity and variety of clients.