Another fine book for us collagists, Libro estraordinario di Sebastiano Serlio bolognese : nel quale si dimostrano trenta porte di opera rustica, mista con diuersi ordini, & uenti di opera dilicata di diuerse specie : con la scrittura dauanti, che narra il tutto (1566) is a guide to “porte rustiche”, or old doorways. There are fifty in all, of which I’ve chosen seven random examples. Browse the rest here or download the book here.
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old doorways
‘Old’, or ‘rusticated’?
There’s elements of both since the later ones aren’t all rustic in appearance.
One need never draw again! His books on perspective are also a rich source of material – ripe for the picking – in one door and out another… sublime, generous italians.
Now I want a rusticated Tardis.